Routine pre-admission screening for a medical illness in aggressive patients who required sedation in the emergency department - Necessary or not?

South African Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 67-71

  Saloojee, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; GLUCOSE; UREA;

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SEDATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

EID: 70449482247     PISSN: 16089685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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