Transfer of psychiatric inpatients to a general hospital due to adverse drag reactions

Psychosomatics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-37

  Popli, Anand P ^a   Hegarty, James D ^b   Siegel, Arthur J ^b   Kando, Judy C ^b   Tohen, Mauricio ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELIRIUM; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; SEIZURE; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0031027281     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3182(97)71501-9     Document Type: Article

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