P.R.N. (as-needed) orders and exposure of psychiatric inpatients to unnecessary psychotropic medications

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1282-1286

  Thapa, Purushottam B ^a,b   Palmer, Shanna L ^a   Owen, Richard R ^a   Huntley, Andrea L ^a   Clardy, James A ^a   Miller, Laurence H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Arkansas State Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZATROPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; HALOPERIDOL; HYDROXYZINE; LORAZEPAM; OLANZAPINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; SEDATIVE AGENT; TRAZODONE; ZOLPIDEM;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ARKANSAS; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HOSPITALS, STATE; HUMANS; MALE; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0041353637     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.54.9.1282     Document Type: Article

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