Extrapyramidal side effects: could you identify them in the emergency department?

J Emerg Nurs. 2009 Jan;35(1):72-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jen.2008.10.014.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Akathisia, Drug-Induced / etiology
  • Antipsychotic Agents / adverse effects*
  • Dopamine Antagonists / adverse effects*
  • Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced / etiology
  • Dystonia* / chemically induced
  • Dystonia* / diagnosis
  • Dystonia* / therapy
  • Emergency Nursing / methods
  • Emergency Treatment / methods
  • Emergency Treatment / nursing
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Muscle Rigidity / chemically induced
  • Nursing Assessment / methods
  • Parkinson Disease, Secondary / chemically induced
  • Piperazines / adverse effects
  • Risk Factors
  • Risperidone / adverse effects
  • Syndrome
  • Thiazoles / adverse effects

Substances

  • Antipsychotic Agents
  • Dopamine Antagonists
  • Piperazines
  • Thiazoles
  • ziprasidone
  • Risperidone