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| - | The historic goal of “medical clearance” was to categorize patients as having organic versus functional causes for their symptoms. The reality is that it is impossible to rule out all medical conditions that //could// mimic psychiatric illness within the course of a single visit, especially in an emergency setting, and there are increasingly medical conditions that bridge the gap between both medical and psychiatric domains (e.g. - [[cl:0-autoimmune-encephalitis:home|autoimmune encephalitis]]). Thus, the term “medically clear” is inaccurate and misleading. The term focussed medical assessment (FMA) is the preferred term and is endorsed by the American Association of Emergency Physicians (ACEP).[([[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16387222/|Lukens, T. W., Wolf, S. J., Edlow, J. A., Shahabuddin, S., Allen, M. H., Currier, G. W., & Jagoda, A. S. (2006). Clinical policy: critical issues in the diagnosis and management of the adult psychiatric patient in the emergency department. Annals of emergency medicine, 47(1), 79-99.]])] A FMA thus is meant to determine with //reasonable certainty// whether the patient's symptoms could be caused by a medical condition that, unless identified, could place the patient at risk if admitted to a psychiatric ward rather than a medical ward.[([[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16387222/|Lukens, T. W., Wolf, S. J., Edlow, J. A., Shahabuddin, S., Allen, M. H., Currier, G. W., & Jagoda, A. S. (2006). Clinical policy: critical issues in the diagnosis and management of the adult psychiatric patient in the emergency department. Annals of emergency medicine, 47(1), 79-99.]])] | + | The historic goal of “medical clearance” was to categorize patients as having organic versus functional causes for their symptoms. The reality is that it is impossible to rule out all medical conditions that //could// mimic psychiatric illness within the course of a single visit, especially in an emergency setting, and there are increasingly medical conditions that bridge the gap between both medical and psychiatric domains (e.g. - [[cl:0-autoimmune-encephalitis:home|autoimmune encephalitis]]). Thus, the term “medically clear” is inaccurate and misleading. The term focused medical assessment (FMA) is the preferred term and is endorsed by the American Association of Emergency Physicians (ACEP).[([[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16387222/|Lukens, T. W., Wolf, S. J., Edlow, J. A., Shahabuddin, S., Allen, M. H., Currier, G. W., & Jagoda, A. S. (2006). Clinical policy: critical issues in the diagnosis and management of the adult psychiatric patient in the emergency department. Annals of emergency medicine, 47(1), 79-99.]])] A FMA thus is meant to determine with //reasonable certainty// whether the patient's symptoms could be caused by a medical condition that, unless identified, could place the patient at risk if admitted to a psychiatric ward rather than a medical ward.[([[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16387222/|Lukens, T. W., Wolf, S. J., Edlow, J. A., Shahabuddin, S., Allen, M. H., Currier, G. W., & Jagoda, A. S. (2006). Clinical policy: critical issues in the diagnosis and management of the adult psychiatric patient in the emergency department. Annals of emergency medicine, 47(1), 79-99.]])] |
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