Medical Evaluation and Triage of the Agitated Patient: Consensus Statement of the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry Project BETA Medical Evaluation Workgroup

摘要: Numerous medical and psychiatric conditions can cause agitation; some of these causes are life threatening. It is important to be able differentiate between nonmedical agitation so that patients receive appropriate timely treatment. This article aims educate all clinicians in settings, such as mental health clinics, settings on the differing levels severity agitation, basic triage, use de-escalation, factors, symptoms, signs determining whether a etiology likely. Lastly, this focuses workup when suspected or unclear.