P19 Drug use in adolescents attending the emergency department for mental health problems
| Autor: | E Maselli, Maurizio Bonati, L Tansini, Maria Paola Canevini, Antonio Clavenna, M Buttera |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Olanzapine
Psychomotor learning medicine.medical_specialty Risperidone business.industry Emergency department medicine.disease Mental health law.invention Psychotropic drug Randomized controlled trial law Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health medicine business Psychiatry Anxiety disorder medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Archives of Disease in Childhood. 104:e25.1-e25 |
| ISSN: | 1468-2044 0003-9888 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/archdischild-2019-esdppp.58 |
| Popis: | BackgroundScant evidence is available regarding the pharmacological management of acute episodes of mental disorders in children and adolescents attending emergency departments (ED). In this regard, we performed a retrospective study with the aim to evaluate the pattern of psychotropic drug use in an ED of a large hospital.MethodsA retrospective chart review of adolescents (13–17 years) visited in the ED of San Paolo University Hospital in Milan for a mental disorder between January and June 2018 was conducted. In particular, information concerning age, gender, type of mental disorder, psychotropic drugs administered in the ED and outcome of the visit were extracted and analysed, using an anonymous patient code.ResultsA total of 1,298 adolescents 13–17 years old were visited during the observation period, 56 (4%) of whom had a diagnosis of mental disorder (35 females and 21 males).The most common disorder was predominant psychomotor disturbance (International Classification of Diseases 9 (ICD9) revision code 308.2; 12 patients), followed by anxiety disorder in conditions classified elsewhere (293.84, 8 patients) and anxiety states (300.0, 7 patients).Ten adolescents were hospitalised, while 16 (29%) received a psychotropic drug in the ED: 14 patients received a benzodiapine (8 delorazepam, 3 lorazepam), and 2 an antipsychotic drug (risperidone+olanzapine; promazine). Five out of 12 adolescents with psychomotor disturbance received a psychotropic drug (3 delorazepam, 1 lorazepam, 1 risperidone+olanzapine).Although no randomized controlled trial has evaluated the safety and effectiveness of benzodiazepines in the paediatric population, delorazepam was identified as the first choice pharmacological treatment for agitation in children and adolescents in a local protocol.ConclusionNearly all children received drugs for which no controlled trials have been performed in the paediatric population and for which the appropriateness is debatable. More evidence is needed to guide the pharmacological management of acute episodes of mental disorders.Disclosure(s)Nothing to disclose |
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