| Title |
Excited delirium: Consideration of selected medical and psychiatric issues
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, January 2009
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| DOI | 10.2147/ndt.s2883 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Edith Samuel, Robert B Williams, Richard B Ferrell |
| Abstract |
Excited delirium, sometimes referred to as agitated or excited delirium, is the label assigned to the state of acute behavioral disinhibition manifested in a cluster of behaviors that may include bizarreness, aggressiveness, agitation, ranting, hyperactivity, paranoia, panic, violence, public disturbance, surprising physical strength, profuse sweating due to hyperthermia, respiratory arrest, and death. Excited delirium is reported to result from substance intoxication, psychiatric illness, alcohol withdrawal, head trauma, or a combination of these. This communication reviews the history of the origins of excited delirium, selected research related to its causes, symptoms, management, and the links noted between it and selected medical and psychiatric conditions. Excited delirium involves behavioral and physical symptoms that are also observed in medical and psychiatric conditions such as rhabdomyolysis, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, and catatonia. A useful contribution of this communication is that it links the state of excited delirium to conditions for which there are known and effective medical and psychiatric interventions. |
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| United States | 1 | 33% |
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| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
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| Unknown | 72 | 97% |
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| Other | 9 | 12% |
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| Researcher | 7 | 9% |
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