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" Medical Evaluation and Triage of the Agitated Patient: Consensus Statement of the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry Project BETA Medical Evaluation Workgroup "
Nordstrom, Kimberly; Zun, Leslie S.; Wilson, Michael P.; Stiebel, Victor; Ng, Anthony T.; Bregman, Benjamin; Anderson, Eric L.; Nouri, Toni
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AL
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934156
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LA881121hx
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English
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Nordstrom, Kimberly; Zun, Leslie S.; Wilson, Michael P.; Stiebel, Victor; Ng, Anthony T.; Bregman, Benjamin; Anderson, Eric L.; Nouri, Toni
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Medical Evaluation and Triage of the Agitated Patient: Consensus Statement of the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry Project BETA Medical Evaluation Workgroup [Article]\ Nordstrom, Kimberly; Zun, Leslie S.; Wilson, Michael P.; Stiebel, Victor; Ng, Anthony T.; Bregman, Benjamin; Anderson, Eric L.; Nouri, Toni
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Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health
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13/1
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2012
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Numerous medical and psychiatric conditions can cause agitation, some of these causes are life threatening. It is important to be able to differentiate between medical and non-medical causes of agitation so that patients can receive appropriate and timely treatment. This article aims to educate all clinicians in non-medical settings, such as mental health clinics, and medical settings on the differing levels of severity in agitation, basic triage, use of de-escalation, and factors, symptoms, and signs in determining whether a medical etiology is likely. Lastly, this article focuses on the medical workup of agitation when a medical etiology is suspected or when etiology is unclear. [West J Emerg Med. 2012;13(1):3–10.]
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