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Attitude of Health Personnel, Belgium, Chi-Square Distribution, Cross-Sectional Studies, Drug Utilization Review, Emergency Service, Hospital, Emergency Services, Psychiatric, Guideline Adherence, Health Care Surveys, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Humans, Physicians, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Practice Patterns, Physicians', Psychomotor Agitation, Specialization, Surveys and Questionnaires, Tranquilizing Agents, 0601 Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 1199 Other Medical and Health Sciences, Bioinformatics, 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences

Abstract:

The pharmacotherapeutic management of agitation is a common clinical challenge. Pharmacotherapy is frequently used, the use of published guidelines is not known. The purpose of this study was twofold; to describe the prescribing patterns of psychiatrists and emergency physicians and to evaluate to which extent guidelines are used.