Implementing a randomized clinical trial on a pediatric psychiatric inpatient unit at a children's hospital: The case of clonidine for post-traumatic stress

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 422-429

  Lustig, Stuart L ^a,b   Botelho, Christine ^a,c   Lynch, Linda ^a   Nelson, Sally V ^a   Eichelberger, William J ^a   Vaughan, Brigid L ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonidine; Post traumatic stress; Psychiatric unit; Randomized clinical trial (RCT)

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LIAISON PSYCHIATRY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NURSE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CHILD; CLONIDINE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SYMPATHOLYTICS;

EID: 0036863627     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-8343(02)00220-7     Document Type: Article

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