Are oral medications effective in the management of acute agitation?

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 854-859

  Gault, Travis I ^a   Gray, Siobhan M ^b   Vilke, Gary M ^a,b   Wilson, Michael P ^a,b  

^a University of California   (United States)

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

Author keywords

agitation; aripiprazole; atypical antipsychotic; neuroleptic; olanzapine; oral antipsychotic; risperidone; second generation antipsychotic; ziprasidone

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; RISPERIDONE;

AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFICACY; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESSNESS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VERBAL HOSTILITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION;

EID: 84869086922     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.01.028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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