Oral Medications for Treating Agitation in a Safety Net Emergency Department.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Best-practice guidelines recommend oral medications for treating agitation in the emergency department (ED). However, there is limited study of their use in the ED, especially in the setting of drug and alcohol intoxication.

Objective

To evaluate the implementation of oral medications to treat agitation in an ED in which intramuscular medications were standard and to increase the use of oral medications to treat agitation.

Design, setting, and participants

This quality improvement study analyzed 2 populations. First, all ED patients in an urban level 1 adult and pediatric trauma center from January 1, 2018, to May 31, 2024, were studied to compare the preintervention and postintervention periods. Second, during the 12-month implementation period from Septem

SUBMITTER: Cole JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12754681 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature