title: [Psychotropic agents in emergency medicine].
abstract: The aim of these two CME articles Psychotropic agents in emergency medicine and Psychopharmacotherapy in emergency medicine is to give an overview of drugs and their indications in the context of emergency psychiatry. Most relevant for prehospital care are benzodiazepines and antipsychotics, like lorazepam, diazepam, and haloperidol. But even newer antipsychotics could be suitable for emergency medicine. The efficacy of some of the newer antipsychotics, so-called atypical antipsychotics, has been studied in emergency psychiatric departments. The evidence whether these drugs provide the required efficacy, universality and safety profile in emergency medicine, in comparison to, for example, haloperidol, is presented in the following article.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Kirrberger Straße 100, 66421, Homburg/Saar, Deutschland, Alexander.Wolf@uniklinikum-saarland.de.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: F-G B
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Pajonk
mesh_terms: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001569:Benzodiazepines / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D004637:Emergency Services, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D001569:Benzodiazepines