Clinical and nonclinical predictors of test ordering in psychiatric emergency

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 356-359

  Lemogne, Cédric ^a,b,c   Blandin, Elise ^a,d   Guedj, Marie Jeanne ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER SAINTE ANNE   (France)

^b HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^c CNRS UMR 7593 Vulnerabilite Adaptation et Psychopathologie   (France)

^d DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Bias; Emergency; Laboratory tests; Medical Clearance; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ELECTROLYTE; GLUCOSE;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ORDER; NATURALISTIC INQUIRY; NEUROIMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EATING DISORDERS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 45549083315     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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