Refining medical clearance protocol for patients with primary psychiatric complaints in the emergency department

IntroductionMedical clearance for patients with primary psychiatric complaints presenting to the emergency department has been debated for decades. Emergency physicians have argued that clearance labs are unnecessary, yet psychiatrists may still order or require them. A retrospective review was cond...

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Main Authors: Christopher Austin Casey, Jaime Guzman, Mckailey Salard, Natalie Wu, Ross Rieger, Payton Mangham, James Patterson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1209450/full