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**[[CXR]] (for [[Tb]] screen or rule-out [[delirium]] in older patient) | **[[CXR]] (for [[Tb]] screen or rule-out [[delirium]] in older patient) | ||
**[[UA]] (for rule-out [[delirium]] in older patients) | **[[UA]] (for rule-out [[delirium]] in older patients) | ||
**Head CT (to rule-out [[ICH]] in patients with [[AMS]]) | **[[Head CT]] (to rule-out [[ICH]] in patients with [[AMS]]) | ||
**Lumbar puncture (to rule-out [[meningitis]] or [[encephalitis]]) | **[[Lumbar puncture]] (to rule-out [[meningitis]] or [[encephalitis]]) | ||
Revision as of 05:08, 10 April 2017
General ED Psychiatric Workup
- Point-of-care glucose
- CBC
- Chem 7
- LFTs
- ECG (for toxicology evaluation)
- ASA level
- Tylenol level
- Urine toxicology screen/Blood toxicology screen
- EtOH
- Urine pregnancy/beta-hCG (if female of childbearing age)
- Consider:
- Ammonia (see Hepatic encephalopathy)
- TSH (hypo or hyperthyroidism may mimic mental illness)
- CXR (for Tb screen or rule-out delirium in older patient)
- UA (for rule-out delirium in older patients)
- Head CT (to rule-out ICH in patients with AMS)
- Lumbar puncture (to rule-out meningitis or encephalitis)