title: Amlodipine-induced delirium in a patient with ischemic stroke.
abstract: Amlodipine is a dihydropyridine calcium antagonist drug with distinctive pharmacokinetic characteristics that seem to be attributable to a high degree of ionization. Delirium is a neuropsychiatric syndrome recognized as a marker for increased health care costs, morbidity, mortality, and institutionalization that often complicates acute physical illness in elderly people. This case is the first report concerning amlodipine use as a cause of delirium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Duzce University, Duzce, Turkey. suberdikici@gmail.com
authors.forename: Suber
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dikici
authors.forename: Gulsen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kocaman
authors.forename: Seyma
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozdem
authors.forename: Abdulkadir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kocer
mesh_terms: D017311:Amlodipine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003693:Delirium / Q000139:chemically induced*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020521:Stroke / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D017311:Amlodipine