Psychiatric patients in the pediatric emergency department undergoing routine urine toxicology screens for medical clearance: Results and use

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 387-392

  Fortu, Jesusa Milalaine T ^a,b   Kim, In K ^b   Cooper, Amy ^b   Condra, Cole ^b   Lorenz, Douglas J ^c   Pierce, Mary Clyde ^b,d  

^a JOE DIMAGGIO CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b KOSAIR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Psychiatric; Urine toxicology screens

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG; OPIATE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTPATIENT; PARANOIA; PEDIATRIC WARD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SEXUAL CRIME; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYNCOPE; THORAX PAIN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URINALYSIS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DECEPTION; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; OBSERVER VARIATION; RECURRENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX OFFENSES; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 69049083415     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181a79305     Document Type: Article

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