Hypokalemia and agitation in acute psychotic patients

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 85-88

  Hatta, Kotaro ^a   Takahashi, Takeo ^a   Nakamura, Hiroyuki ^b   Yamashiro, Hisato ^a   Asukai, Nozomu ^c   Yonezawa, Yosuke ^a  

^a Tokyo Metropol Bokuto Gen H ^*  (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenergic; Agitation; Epinephrine; Parenteral; Potassium; Psychiatric emergency; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM;

ADULT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RATING SCALE; SEDATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; MALE; POTASSIUM; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0033583511     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(99)00018-9     Document Type: Article

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