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Dosing of Ketamine for Severe Agitation 

#ketamine #psychiatry #algorithm #agitation #dosing #Combative #Excited #Delirium #Sedation
Ketamine for Severe Agitation ... #ketamine #psychiatry ... #algorithm #agitation
B-52 Chemical Sedation Cocktail in Severe Agitation
Ingredients:
 • Benadryl 50 mg (Diphenhydramine) +
 • 5 mg
Cocktail in Severe Agitation ... Sedation #Cocktail #Agitation ... #psychiatry #ingredients
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Mechanisms and Side Effects
 • Serotonin Syndrome:
   - Autonomic Hyperactivity:
Cognitive Changes: Agitation ... #SideEffects #Psychiatry
Buproprion (Wellbutrin): Mechanisms and Side Effects
 • Adverse Effects: Headache, Dry Mouth, Weight loss, Insomnia, Constipation,
Hypertension, Agitation ... #Pharmacology #Psychiatry
Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors(SNRIs): Mechanisms and Side Effects

Withdrawal: Dizziness, Diarrhea, Insomnia, Nausea, Vomiting
Serotonin Syndrome - Potentially Life
Cognitive Changes: Agitation ... #SideEffects #Psychiatry
Bipolar Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Disruption of emotional homeostasis
 • Oscillation between mood states
directed behaviours/agitation ... - psychomotor agitation ... Signs #Symptoms #Psychiatry
SIGECAPS - Depression Screening Mnemonic
S - Sleep disturbances
I - Interest decreased (anhedonia)
G - Guilt and/or feelings
- Psychomotor agitation ... Screening #Mnemonic #psychiatry
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Symptoms (included in DSM 5 criteria) - Present during
- Psychomotor agitation ... Signs #Symptoms #Psychiatry
Serotonin Syndrome: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Serotonin Syndrome: Variable combination of mental status changes, autonomic instability, and
Anxiety, confusion, agitation ... clonus and either agitation ... clonus and either agitation ... Pathophysiology #Psychiatry
Figure 2: Sex differences in the lifetime incidence of psychiatric disorders vary from higher incidence in
lifetime incidence of psychiatric ... #Diagnosis #Psychiatry ... #Psychiatric #Disorders