RT Book, Section
A1 Garris, Shauna
A1 Hughes, Caitlin
A2 Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Yealy, Donald M.
A2 Meckler, Garth D.
A2 Cline, David M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1121518993
T1 Acute Agitation
T2 Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071794763
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1121518993
RD 2024/04/23
AB EDs  are  the  portal  of  access  to  the  healthcare  system  for  most  patients  with  acute  agitation  and  acute  behavioral  or  mental  health  disorders.1  Agitation  is  one  of  the  most  common  manifestations  of  mental  health  and  behavioral  disorders,  dementia,  and  intoxication  and  withdrawal  syndromes.  The  last  consensus  updates  for  acute  agitation  were  published  in  2006,2  prior  to  the  release  of  newer  therapeutic  agents  and  prior  to  the  recognition  of  QTc  prolongation  with  acutely  administered  psychotropics.  This  review  provides  a  general  pharmacotherapeutic  approach  for  acute  agitation  and  acute  behavioral  emergencies.