Apnea After Intravenous Diazepam Therapy

Hall, Steven C.; Ovassapian, Adranik

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“…Case reports of apnea after intravenous diazepam [42,43] suggest a wide variation in individual sensitivity to diazepam, necessitating its slow administration until the desired effect is achieved. Its administration also results in the accumulation of the active metabolite, nordiazepam (Tl/2 = 100-200 hours) [20], which can result in prolonged sedation and obtundation.…”

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Analytic Reviews : Rapid Tranquilization of the Agitated Intensive Care Unit Patient

Tesar

Stern

1988

J Intensive Care Med

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Agitation in intensive care unit patients is a problem that is often ignored or undertreated. The presence of agita tion warrants a thorough investigation for underlying causes (e.g., metabolic and systemic abnormalities, drug intoxication or withdrawal, hypoxia, and pain) so that the precipitating disturbances can be identified and cor rected. When these conservative measures fail to con trol a patient's agitation, it may be necessary to resort to mechanical restraint and sedating medication. The au thors present guidelines for the pharmacological man agement of agitation and the risks and benefits associ ated with the use of specific agents.

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Analytic Reviews : Rapid Tranquilization of the Agitated Intensive Care Unit Patient

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Stern

1988

J Intensive Care Med

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Philosophical and Legal Aspects of the Disease Concept of Alcoholism

Fingarette

1983

Research Advances in Alcohol and Drug Problems

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Dangerous Mentally Disordered Criminals: Unresolvable Societal Fear?

Leong

Silva

Weinstock

1991

Journal of Forensic Sciences

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The average person fears dangerous criminals, especially those suffering from mental illness. Existing mental health and criminal justice systems provide social control for some of these dangerous individuals, but may be inadequate to deal with those mentally disordered offenders who were not found not guilty by reason of insanity (NGI). In California, innovative laws have attempted to address this problem. However, putative lack of efficacious treatment of mentally ill criminals, insufficient economic support, and individual liberty concerns loom as limiting factors in solving the criminal and psychiatric recidivism problem posed by non-NGI dangerous mentally disordered offenders.

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Apnea After Intravenous Diazepam Therapy

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Analytic Reviews : Rapid Tranquilization of the Agitated Intensive Care Unit Patient

Analytic Reviews : Rapid Tranquilization of the Agitated Intensive Care Unit Patient

Philosophical and Legal Aspects of the Disease Concept of Alcoholism

Dangerous Mentally Disordered Criminals: Unresolvable Societal Fear?

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