Catatonia in the emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 863-867

  Jaimes Albornoz, Walter ^a,b   Serra Mestres, Jordi ^b  

^a Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra   (Spain)

^b HILLINGDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; AMANTADINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BROMOCRIPTINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; LEVODOPA; LORAZEPAM; MEMANTINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZOLPIDEM;

ASPIRATION; BACTERIURIA; BLEEDING; BURN; CACHEXIA; CATATONIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECUBITUS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEHYDRATION; DELUSION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; HALLUCINATION; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER INJURY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALNUTRITION; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY ARREST; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SEPSIS; SKIN INFECTION; STUPOR; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; THRUSH; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; URINE RETENTION;

BENZODIAZEPINES; CATATONIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES;

EID: 84868150476     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2011-200896     Document Type: Review

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