Quick Review: Droperidol in Acute Agitation

Guidelines

• Consensus Statement of the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry Project BETA Psychopharmacology Workgroup. West J Emerg Med 2012;13: 26–34

Primary Literature

• The Safety and Effectiveness of Droperidol for Sedation of Acute Behavioral Disturbance in the Emergency Department

• Randomized Double-blind Trial of Intramuscular Droperidol, Ziprasidone, and Lorazepam for Acute Undifferentiated Agitation in the Emergency Department

Review Article

• Efficacy of pharmacologic agents used for rapid tranquilization of emergency department patients with acute agitation or excited delirium

Podcast & Blogs

• Pharm So Hard: The B52 is Trash! GOING FROM THE B52 TO THE 55 BLITZ WITH DAN MCCOLLUM, MD

• Ep 115 Emergency Management of the Agitated Patient