Are we putting the cart ahead of the horse: who determines the standard of care for the management of patients in the emergency department?
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Consensus↗
Biomedical subjects
Andy Jagoda
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Intramuscular antipsychotics: clinical experience review.
Acute agitation is a therapeutic dilemma. Rapid control of agitation is necessary to minimize danger both to recipients of care and to caregivers. Although a comprehensive assessment may ultimately be necessary to determine the cause of agitation and to identify or exclude underlying medical illness, it is often imperative to treat agitation immediately. In this imperfect clinical world, it is essential to have treatments that are both safe and effective for patients with a wide variety of causes of agitation.
Antipsychotic Agents↗
Standard therapies for acute agitation.
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Acute Disease↗
Novel therapies for treating acute agitation.
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Acute Disease↗
Safety of medications used to treat acute agitation.
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Antipsychotic Agents↗
Updated treatment algorithm.
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Algorithms↗
Future directions in research.
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Antipsychotic Agents↗