Abstract

[This corrects the article on p. 409 in vol. 20, PMID: 30881565.].

Highlights

  • Agitation in children and adolescents in the emergency department (ED) can be dangerous and distressing for patients, family and staff

  • The dose is listed as 0.55 mg/kg/dose and should be corrected to 0.05-0.1 mk/kg/dose

  • Using the Delphi method of consensus, a workgroup comprised of 17 experts in emergency child and adolescent psychiatry and psychopharmacology from the the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Emergency Child Psychiatry Committee sought to create consensus guidelines for the management of acute agitation in children and adolescents in the ED

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Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health. Title This Article Corrects: “Best Practices for Evaluation and Treatment of Agitated Children and Adolescents (BETA) in the Emergency Department: Consensus Statement of the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry”. Journal Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health, 20(4)

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