Variation in the management of hypothetical cases of acute agitation in Australasian emergency departments

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-32

  Chan, Esther W ^a,b   Taylor, David McD ^b   Knott, Jonathan C ^c   Kong, David C M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c Melbourne Health ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggression; Emergency medicine; Pharmaceutical preparation; Questionnaire; Violence

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; DROPERIDOL; HALOPERIDOL; KETAMINE; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; OLANZAPINE; PROPOFOL; SEDATIVE AGENT; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ACUTE AGITATION; AGITATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG INTOXICATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENTAL DISEASE; MONOTHERAPY; POSTAL MAIL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STAFF TRAINING; VIGNETTE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; AUSTRALASIA; BENZODIAZEPINES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79551502789     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2010.01348.x     Document Type: Article

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