Elyssia M Bourke, Meredith L Borland, Amit Kochar, Shane George, Deborah Shellshear, Shefali Jani, Kent Perkins, Doris Tham, Michael Solomon Gordon, Kate Klein, Chidambaram Prakash, Katherine Lee, Andrew Davidson, Jonathan C Knott, Simon Craig, Franz E Babl
INTRODUCTION: Acute severe behavioural disturbance (ASBD) is a condition seen with increasing frequency in emergency departments (EDs) in adults and young people. Despite the increasing number of presentations and significant associated risks to patients, families and caregivers, there is limited evidence to guide the most effective pharmacological management in children and adolescents. The aim of this study is to determine whether a single dose of intramuscular olanzapine is more effective than intramuscular droperidol at successfully sedating young people with ASBD requiring intramuscular sedation...
March 30, 2023: BMJ Open