FOAMed Wiki - last updated 5/25/25
General Approach | Source | Year |
emDocs Cases: ED Approach to Agitation | emDocs | 2018 |
The Art of the ED Takedown | emDocs | 2015 |
Emergency Management of the Agitated Patient | EM Cases | 2017 |
Dangerous and Disruptive | EMCrit | 2020 |
Ketamine for agitation | Source | Year |
Is Ketamine Contraindicated in Patients with Psychiatric Disorders? | REBEL EM | 2018 |
Multiple RCTs on Ketamine for Severe Agitation | First10EM | 2021 |
Ketamine Dart for Agitation | JournalFeed | 2018 |
Reducing Post-Ketamine Recovery Agitation | JournalFeed | 2019 |
Rapid Agitation Control with Ketamine in the Emergency Department | REBEL EM | 2021 |
Ketamine vs. Midazolam-Haloperidol for Acute Agitation | JournalFeed | 2021 |
Comparison of IM agents | Source | Year |
Comparison of IM Midazolam, Olanzapine, Ziprasidone, and Haloperidol for Behavioral Control | REBEL EM | 2018 |
IM Sedation Agents | Core EM | 2018 |
Midazolam Beat Haloperidol for Agitation | JournalFeed $ | 2018 |
Onset of IM Medications for Severe Agitation | PharmERToxGuy | 2019 |
Droperidol vs. Olanzapine for Agitation | JournalFeed | 2021 |
Individual Agents | Source | Year |
Diphenhydramine in Acute Agitation Regimen | ALiEM | 2020 |
Adverse Events with IV Olanzapine for Agitation in the ED | ALiEM | 2019 |