Children's mental health emergencies-part 2: Emergency department evaluation and treatment of children with mental health disorders

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 485-498

  Baren, Jill M ^a,b   MacE, Sharon E ^c,d   Hendry, Phyllis L ^e   Dietrich, Ann M ^f   Goldman, Ran D ^g   Warden, Craig R ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^h OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childrens mental health; Mental health; Psychiatric emergencies

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BUTYROPHENONE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DROPERIDOL; FLUMAZENIL; FLUOXETINE; HALOPERIDOL; IMIPRAMINE; IPECAC; LITHIUM; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NALOXONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PAROXETINE; PHENELZINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; STEROID; VALPROIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATAXIA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BLURRED VISION; BULIMIA; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONSTIPATION; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIPLOPIA; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; FLUSHING; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTENSION; INSOMNIA; LABORATORY; LETHARGY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER FAILURE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NAUSEA; NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; NYSTAGMUS; ORTHOSTATIC HYPERTENSION; PATIENT CARE; PHOTOPHOBIA; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLYDIPSIA; POLYURIA; PSYCHOSIS; QT PROLONGATION; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; SEDATION; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TORSADE DES POINTES; TREMOR; URINE RETENTION; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA; ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; MOOD DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOOD DISORDERS; PEDIATRICS; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 51149105729     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b13e31817de2bb     Document Type: Review

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