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20357550

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-4-1
pubmed:abstractText
Literature suggests little standardization in the practice of medical clearance of patients who present to emergency rooms in psychiatric crisis. The present quality improvement study examined current practice in a large psychiatric teaching hospital setting. Using chart review, the completeness of physical examination was examined for 10 body areas in a random sample of 20 psychiatric patients admitted via a psychiatric emergency department (ED) during a one-month period. Charts were examined for four professional groups - family physicians or nurse practitioners, psychiatry residents, medical students and general ED physicians. Results indicated a wide variation in documentation across the four groups and some body systems that were consistently never assessed. To improve standardization, a physical examination form is proposed that is user friendly and based on a review of current literature.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
H
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1710-2774
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
77-82
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Medical clearance in the psychiatric emergency setting: a call for more standardization.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article