Intramuscular haloperidol plus promethazine is more effective and safer than haloperidol alone for rapid tranquillisation of agitated mentally ill patients.

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

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Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

1. Organisational interventions for preventing and minimising aggression directed towards healthcare workers by patients and patient advocates.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020
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2. Haloperidol for psychosis-induced aggression or agitation (rapid tranquillisation).The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
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3. Haloperidol plus promethazine for psychosis-induced aggression.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016
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Corrections and comments

• Comment on
  Rapid tranquillisation in psychiatric emergency settings in Brazil: pragmatic randomised controlled trial of intramuscular haloperidol versus intramuscular haloperidol plus promethazine.2007

Authors and funding

1 author.

Funding

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Abstract

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