Oral Medications for Treating Agitation in a Safety Net Emergency Department
In this quality improvement study, emergency physicians successfully adopted oral medications for treating agitation, primarily from intoxication. No difference was found in time to adequate sedation when oral or intramuscular medications were used as primary therapy. These data support best-practice guidelines that suggest oral medications should be first-line treatment for agitation in the ED.
Authors
- Brian E. Driver (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7141-0256)
- Andrew Laudenbach
- Leyla Taghizadeh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6985-8070)
- Travis D. Olives (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4330-1391)
- Jon B. Cole (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7714-8826)
- James R. Miner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5226-9931)
- Kowsar Hurreh
Institutions
- University of Minnesota Medical Center (US)
- Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2025-12-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.51683
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.31