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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 1: Differentiating organic versus psychiatric causes of agitation and altered mental status

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Most children who present to Pediatric Emergency Departments these days with mental health concerns – including agitation – have a known psychiatric problem or diagnosis. Psychiatric manifestations revealing inborn errors of metabolism in adolescents and adults. J Inherit Metab Dis 2007; 30:631. Pediatrics 2021; 147.

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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 5: Management of the child with mental health problems who is boarded in the ED

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Boarding of Mentally Ill Patients in Emergency Departments: American Psychiatric Association Resource Document. Children’s Mental Health Emergency Department Visits: 2007-2016. Parent/Professional Advocacy League: Best Practices: Pediatric Emergency Department Psychiatric Boarding Kraft CM, Morea P, Teresi B, et al.

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Managing the Patient with Alcohol Intoxication

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It may be mistaken for acute intoxication, psychiatric illness, or other occult pathology. Consider a psychiatric consult (and labs needed for psychiatric admission) or check blood work if there is a concern for concomitant underlying medical pathology as a cause of hallucinations. Acta Psychiatr Scand. Epub 2007 Aug 3.

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PEM Currents – Agitation in Children – Episode 5: The Boarded ED Patient

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 13:57 — 19.2MB) Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Management of the child with mental health problems who is boarding in the ED In episode 1 of this series, we discussed differentiating organic vs psychiatric causes of agitation in children.

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Does this T wave pattern mean anything?

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She had an uneventful ICU course and was extubated for ongoing care with the inpatient psychiatric service. 2007 Oct;30(10):1267-72. She was admitted to the ICU where subsequent ECGs were performed: ECG at 12 hours QTc prolongation, resolution of T wave alternans ECG at 24 hours Sinus tachycardia with normalized QTc interval.

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PEM Currents – Agitation in Children – Episode 2: Non-Pharmacologic Management

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 17:49 — 24.5MB) Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Non-Pharmacologic Management In episode 1 of this series, we discussed differentiating organic vs psychiatric causes of agitation in children. 2007 Oct;14(5):265-8. Do we Redirect? West J Emerg Med. PMC3298214.

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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 2: Non-pharmacologic management of agitated children

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2007 Oct;14(5):265-8. We have developed a series of pain focused episodes. West J Emerg Med. 2012 Feb;13(1):35-40. PMC3298214. Melamed E, Oron Y, Ben-Avraham R, Blumenfeld A, Lin G. The combative multitrauma patient: a protocol for prehospital management. Eur J Emerg Med. PMID: 17823561.