Successful treatment of acute mania and perineal abscess using dexmedetomidine sedation as adjunctive therapy

Acute psychiatric illness with agitation presents the clinician with a dangerous, potentially life-threatening situation often requiring complex management. Alteration in patients’ insight and judgment may result in medication non-compliance, potentially further complicating therapy directed at the...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ case reports 2011-10, Vol.2011 (oct03 1), p.bcr0720114543-bcr0720114543
Hauptverfasser: Ackerman, Adam L., Mount, Cristin
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Acute psychiatric illness with agitation presents the clinician with a dangerous, potentially life-threatening situation often requiring complex management. Alteration in patients’ insight and judgment may result in medication non-compliance, potentially further complicating therapy directed at the primary psychiatric illness as well as any co-existing conditions. Sedation is often necessary to control dangerous behaviour during the period of antipsychotic and mood-stabilising drug titration. Dexmedetomidine is a centrally acting selective α2-adrenergic agonist with anaesthetic and sedative properties widely used in intensive care units for sedation in critically ill patients. The authors report the case of a patient managed successfully with dexmedetomidine sedation while being treated for acute mania and perineal abscess.
ISSN:1757-790X
1757-790X
DOI:10.1136/bcr.07.2011.4543