Hi everyone. My name is Mike Estefan, and I thank you for joining me on this month's

deep dive episode on the EM Clerkship podcast. This episode is going to cover my approach to the

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And now back to our episode.

Now, this is going to be a quick one.

We're going to go through my approach to the agitated patient,

and then we'll discuss a few miscellaneous tips when it comes to the management of these patients.

And finally, we'll end the episode with a somewhat controversial discussion

about hyperactive delirium with severe agitation, something formally known as agitated delirium.

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