Observational assessment uncovers links between recovery room altered mental status and acute behavioral crises, highlighting inpatient safety risks.
Hospital-based behavioral emergency response teams (BERT) respond to acute behavioral disturbances among hospitalized patients. We aimed to examine associations between altered mental status in postanesthesia care unit (PACU) and behavioral disturbances on surgical wards requiring BERT activation.
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