Excited delirium: Consideration of selected medical and psychiatric issues

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-66

  Samuel, Edith ^a   Williams, Robert B ^a   Ferrell, Richard B ^b  

^a Atlantic Baptist University   (Canada)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine misuse; Excited delirium; Excited states; Restraint or in custody deaths

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORAL HYDRATE; CLOZAPINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FLUPHENAZINE; HALOPERIDOL; LITHIUM SALT; LORAZEPAM; METHYLPHENIDATE; MIDAZOLAM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM;

AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CATATONIA; CHRONIC PAIN; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DEATH; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EXCITED DELIRIUM; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPERTHERMIA; INTOXICATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; PANIC; PARANOIA; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STRENGTH; SUDDEN DEATH; SWEATING; SYMPTOM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 70449726614     PISSN: 11766328     EISSN: 11782021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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