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Text blocks for use in NICE Evidence Search HDAS.

Acute Behavioural Disturbance (ABD)

EBSCO - MEDLINE and CINAHL

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"excited delirium" OR "acute behavio* disturbance" OR "behavio* disturbance" OR (agitat* N2 patient*)

OVID - EMBASE and EMCARE 

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"excited delirium" or "acute behavio* disturbance" or "behavio* disturbance*" or (agitat* adj2 patient*) 

NICE Evidence Search - MEDLINE and CINAHL

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"excited delirium".ti,ab OR "acute behavio* disturbance".ti,ab OR "behavio* disturbance".ti,ab OR (agitat* ADJ2 patient*).ti,ab

NICE Evidence Search – EMBASE and EMCARE

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"excited delirium".ti,ab OR "acute behavio* disturbance".ti,ab OR "behavio* disturbance".ti,ab OR (agitat* ADJ2 patient*).ti,ab

Updated 01 November 2020