Routine pre admission laboratory screening investigations in aggressive patients who require sedation in the emergency department – necessary or unnecessary

Routine pre admission laboratory screening investigations in aggressive patients who require sedation in the emergency department – necessary or unnecessary

Background: The triage of aggressive patients who require sedation for behavioural control in the emergency department (ED) at our hospitals is delayed because the results of mandatory screening laboratory investigations to exclude a general medical condition (GMC) must be available prior to a psych...

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Main Author: Shamima Saloojee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2009-10-01
Series:South African Journal of Psychiatry
Subjects:
screening
aggression
emergency
Online Access:http://www.sajp.org.za/index.php/sajp/article/view/186

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