The Violent or Agitated Patient

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 235-256

  Rossi, Jennifer ^a   Swan, Megan C ^a   Isaacs, Eric D ^b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Agitated; Psychiatric; Restraints; Sedation; Substance abuse; Violent

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; ARIPIPRAZOLE; BENZATROPINE MESILATE; CLOZAPINE; COCAINE; CYTOCHROME P450; DIAZEPAM; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DROPERIDOL; FLUMAZENIL; GLUCOSE; HALOPERIDOL; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; KETAMINE; LORAZEPAM; METHAMPHETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; OXYGEN; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; ZIPRASIDONE;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; AUTOMUTILATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DELUSION; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DYSTONIA; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOXIA; IMMOBILIZATION; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MANIA; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENINGITIS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RIGHT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEDATION; SEPSIS; SIDE EFFECT; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TARDIVE DYSKINESIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THREAT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VIOLENCE; WEAPON;

EID: 70549096195     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2009.10.006     Document Type: Review

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