Current practices in managing acutely disturbed patients at three hospitals in Rio de Janeiro-Brazil: A prevalence study

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Huf, Gisele ^a   da Silva Freire Countinho, Evandro ^b   Fagundes Jr , Hugo M ^c   Oliveira, Edmar S ^d   Lopez, Jose Ramon R A ^e   Gewandszajder, Marcio ^c   da Luz Carvalho, Andreia ^c   Keusen, Alexandre ^c   Adams, Clive E ^f  

^a MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c Department of Health ^*

^d Psychiatric Centre Pedro II   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOBARBITAL; BENZATROPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CLORAZEPATE; CYAMEMAZINE; DIAZEPAM; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DROPERIDOL; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; LOXAPINE; MEPROBAMATE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NITRAZEPAM; PARALDEHYDE; PLACEBO; PROMETHAZINE; SULTOPRIDE; TRANQUILIZER; ZUCLOPENTHIXOL ACETATE;

ACUTE PSYCHOSIS; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG SAFETY; DYSTONIA; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; TACHYCARDIA; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

EID: 2942604310     PISSN: 1471244X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-2-4     Document Type: Article

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