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Bipolar Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Disruption of emotional homeostasis
 • Oscillation between mood states
directed behaviours/agitation ... mood - Primary treatment ... - psychomotor agitation
Hyperthyroidism Overview

Clinical Manifestation of Hyperthyroidism:
 • Fatigue
 • Weight loss
 • Heat intolerance
 • Depression, nervousness
Irritability, anxiety or agitation ... Diarrhea - Anxiety, agitation ... ↑ AST/ALT • Treatment ... tenderness Treatment
Management of Serotonin Syndrome
Identify and stop all serotoninergic medications
 • Avoid inadvertent Rx of serotoninergic meds
Benzodiazepines for agitation ... Syndrome #Management #treatment
Croup Diagnosis and Management Pearls
Common childhood illness, usually viral and self limiting. Characterised by a seal-like
No agitation or ... associated with agitation ... Treatment: Single
Checklist for Treatment of Delirium in the ICU 

Remove causative factors 
 - 
Exclude hypoglycemia if
Checklist for Treatment ... consider empiric treatment ... severe nocturnal agitation ... Checklist #Management #Treatment
Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
not anxiety or "agitation ... months or years of treatment ... months or years of treatment
ICU Sedation Scales (RASS and modified Ramsay Sedation Scales)
Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS) #Diagnosis #Nursing #RASS #Richmond
Scales) Richmond Agitation-Sedation ... RASS #Richmond #Agitation
Dosing of Ketamine for Severe Agitation 

#ketamine #psychiatry #algorithm #agitation #dosing #Combative #Excited #Delirium #Sedation
Ketamine for Severe Agitation ... psychiatry #algorithm #agitation
Prediction of Alcohol Withdrawal Severity Scale (PAWSS)

Part B: Based on patient interview: 

1. Have you ever
rehabilitation treatment ... or out-patient treatment ... tremor, sweating, agitation
Onset of Intramuscular (IM) Medications for Severe Agitation
Ketamine (2-5 mg/kg IM) 3-7m
Droperidol (5 mg IM) 5-10m
Midazolam
Medications for Severe Agitation ... #Medications #Agitation ... #Onset #Agitation