Death of a psychiatric patient during physical restraint. Excited delirium--a case report.
We report the case of a young man with a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia and multiple drug abuse who died in hospital following a period of prolonged physical restraint. The literature is reviewed, possible factors contributing to death discussed and measures which may reduce the incidence of such deaths in the future highlighted.
Morrison
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Teaching and Research Division, Royal Dundee Liff Hospital, Dundee, DD2 5NF.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001237:Asphyxia / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D001344:Autopsy / Q000379:methods*; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D003693:Delirium / Q000150:complications*; D017831:Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry); D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011187:Posture; D012149:Restraint, Physical / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000150:complications; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications