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dc.contributor.authorWheeler, AJ
dc.contributor.authorSheridan, J
dc.contributor.authorChan, G
dc.contributor.authorCu, E
dc.contributor.authorSue, JL
dc.contributor.authorLo, RKC
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, H
dc.contributor.authorLan, YW
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:49:16Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:49:16Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.date.modified2013-12-19T22:19:01Z
dc.identifier.issn0961-7671
dc.identifier.doi10.1211/ijpp.15.1.0012
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/55173
dc.description.abstractObjective This paper describes an evaluation of the impact of a concise, portable guideline for the medication management of acute behavioural disturbance in adult psychiatric inpatient units. Setting Waitemata District Health Board provides inpatient psychiatric care for an adult catchment population of about 800 000 at two units located in west and north Auckland, New Zealand with a total of 68 beds. Method A retrospective clinical audit of the first 72 hours' medication management for patients admitted in acute crisis was completed before and after formal guideline implementation. Key findings Benzodiazepines were the medication of choice. Total daily doses for both benzodiazepines and antipsychotics were within recommended ranges. Areas of practice that appeared to improve after guideline implementation included reduced use of antipsychotic and short-acting injectable medications and use of lorazepam as sole treatment, but differences were not statistically significant. Conclusion Pharmacological management was found to be consistent with best clinical practice before and after guideline implementation.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons Ltd
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom75
dc.relation.ispartofpageto78
dc.relation.ispartofjournalInternational Journal of Pharmacy Practice
dc.relation.ispartofvolume15
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3214
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode321499
dc.titleAudit of medication management of acute behavioural disturbance: exploring the impact of a clinical practice guideline
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2006
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorWheeler, Amanda


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