Abstract
Annually, 30 million children present to emergency departments (EDs); three to four percent present with behavioral health chief complaints, such as agitation; 15 percent of patients with agitation are restrained, and 23 percent of patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are restrained or sedated. This section investigates how agitation/aggression is treated in the pediatric ED setting and asks whether there is a standard practice or evidence-or empirical-drive practice.
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