Risk Factors for Sedation-Related Events During Acute Agitation Management in The Emergency Department.

CONCLUSIONS: Sedation-related AEs are common, especially respiratory events. Elderly patients, sedation with multiple sedatives within 60 minutes, and alcohol intoxication increased the risk. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
PMID: 31265756 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Accident and Emergency Nursing - July 1, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Yap CYL, Taylor DM, Kong DC, Knott JC, Taylor SE, Sedation for Acute Agitation in Emergency Department Patients: Targeting Adverse Events (SIESTA) Collaborative Study Group Tags: Acad Emerg Med Source Type: research