A patient who is receiving mechanical ventilation in the ICU is found to be wildly agitated.The most appropriate drug to control this delirium is which of the following?

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Neuroleptics,such as haloperidol,are routinely used to treat patients demonstrating extreme agitation and delirium.Propofol is a general anesthetic used for sedation.Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is approximately 100-150 times more potent than morphine.Lorazepam (Ativan)is the drug of choice for sedating mechanically ventilated patients in the ICU for longer than 24 hours.

A Patient Who Is Receiving Mechanical Ventilation in the ICU