Physical and Chemical Restraints

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 655-667

  Coburn, Victoria A ^a   Mycyk, Mark B ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical restraint; Physical restraint; Safety; Sedation; Violence

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BENZATROPINE MESILATE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DANTROLENE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DROPERIDOL; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; METHAMPHETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; RISPERIDONE; ZIPRASIDONE;

AGGRESSION; AKATHISIA; ANXIETY; ASSAULT; ATAXIA; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFUSION; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DEFENSIVENESS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSTONIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; HALF LIFE TIME; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTENSION; INTOXICATION; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NAUSEA; NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; OBSERVATION; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OCULOGYRIC CRISIS; OPISTHOTONUS; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM PATIENT; PSYCHOSIS; QT PROLONGATION; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; TORSADE DES POINTES; TORTICOLLIS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 70449625755     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2009.07.003     Document Type: Review

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