A prospective study of the complication rate of use of patient restraint in the emergency department

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 119-124

  Zun, Leslie S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; Regulators; Restraints

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; RISPERIDONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MOBILITY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TIME; VIOLENCE; VOMITING;

EID: 0037329059     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(02)00738-2     Document Type: Article

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