Medical clearance and screening of psychiatric patients in the emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 124-128

  Olshaker, Jonathan S ^a   Browne, Brian ^a   Jerrard, David A ^a   Prendergast, Heather ^a   Stair, Thomas O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency department; medical clearance; psychiatric patients, substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SELF REPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0031058773     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1997.tb03718.x     Document Type: Article

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