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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 1: Differentiating organic versus psychiatric causes of agitation and altered mental status

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Government. In: Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 5th, Fleisher GR, Ludwig S, Henretig FM (Eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia 2006. We have developed a series of pain focused episodes. Chun TH, Sargent J, Hodas GR. Psychiatric emergencies. Cunqueiro A, Durango A, Fein DM, et al.

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Once again, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is in the line of fire

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Now the Department of Government Efficiency is trying again, threatening 90% staff reductions that would decimate the agency. Despite this deliberately circumscribed mandate (I lost count of the number of times during my tenure as an AHRQ medical officer from 2006-2010 that I was told, "We don't make guidelines. Why do I care?