Medical evaluation and triage of the agitated patient: Consensus statement of the American Association for emergency psychiatry project BETA Medical Evaluation Workgroup

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-10

  Nordstrom, Kimberly ^a   Zun, Leslie S ^b   Wilson, Michael P ^c   Stiebel, Victor ^d   Ng, Anthony T ^e   Bregman, Benjamin ^f   Anderson, Eric L ^g  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e Acadia Hospital   (United States)

^f GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agitation; De escalation; Medical evaluation; Psychiatric emergencies; Triage

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

AGITATED DEPRESSION; AGITATION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; CONSENSUS; DELIRIUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISORIENTATION; DRUG INTOXICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; NEUROIMAGING; OXYGENATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEIZURE; SOMNOLENCE; SYMPTOM; THYROTOXICOSIS; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; VITAL SIGN; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 84863393875     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2011.9.6863     Document Type: Article

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