PEMBlog

MAY 17, 2023

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. Psychiatric emergencies. Pediatrics 2021; 147.

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PEMBlog

MAY 31, 2023

Best Practices for Evaluation and Treatment of Agitated Children and Adolescents (BETA) in the Emergency Department: Consensus Statement of the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry. Psychiatr Clin North Am. PMID: 35545394; PMCID: PMC9096567. New A, Tucci VT, Rios J. A Modern-Day Fight Club? 2017 Sep;40(3):397-410.

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EMDocs

JUNE 2, 2023

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 19:53 — 27.3MB) Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Pharmacologic Management In episode 1 of this series, we discussed differentiating organic vs psychiatric causes of agitation in children. Psychiatr Clin North Am. mg/kg/dose (PO/IM/IV) Midazolam – 0.25-0.5

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EMDocs

JUNE 16, 2023

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. Why are we boarding?

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ACEP Now

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

A study done at the University of Kansas found that approximately 10 percent of the ED volume at a local county hospital was attributed to some type of behavioral emergency and that approximately one in eight ED visits in the U.S The Story in Data Violence experienced in the ED is often due to agitated, confused, or delirious patients.

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ACEP Now

OCTOBER 9, 2024

We understand there are large community hospitals, academic centers and rural hospitals with vastly different resources and needs. ACEP’s Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation Program (GEDA) promotes the best clinical practices for older adults. There are five sets of domains.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

This allowed US hospitals to stock the drug to ensure quick treatment of suspected severe cases, rather than having to ship it from the CDC under the prior expanded-access protocol (Thomas 2023). Higher Rates of Misdiagnosis in Pediatric Patients versus Adults Hospitalized with Imported Malaria. It appears after an asymptomatic period.

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