Hazzard's Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, 8e >Delirium

Jeffrey B. Halter, Joseph G. Ouslander, Stephanie Studenski, Kevin P. High, Sanjay Asthana, Mark A. Supiano, Christine S. Ritchie, Kenneth Schmader+
TABLE 58-2MEDICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH INDUCING OR WORSENING OF DELIRIUM (AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY BEERS CRITERIA, 2019)

•Anticholinergics (including antihistamines, antiparkinsonian agents, skeletal muscle relaxants, tricyclic antidepressants and paroxetine, antimuscarinics, antispasmodics, antiemetics including prochlorperazine
and promethazine)
•Antipsychotics (chronic and as-needed use)
•Benzodiazepines
•Corticosteroids (oral and parenteral)
•H2-receptor antagonists (cimetidine, famotidine, nizatidine, and ranitidine)
•Meperidine
•Nonbenzodiazepine benzodiazepine receptor agonist hypnotics, including zolpidem, eszopiclone, and zaleplon
•Tricyclic antidepressants

Data from 2019 American Geriatrics Society Beers Criteria® Update Expert Panel. American Geriatrics Society 2019 Updated AGS Beers Criteria® for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults, J
Am Geriatr Soc. 2019;67(4):674–694.

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