Non-pharmacological de-escalation techniques used to manage acute severe behavioural disturbance in children and adolescents presenting to emergency departments: secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial.

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Title: Non-pharmacological de-escalation techniques used to manage acute severe behavioural disturbance in children and adolescents presenting to emergency departments: secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial.
Authors: Klein K; Emergency Research Group, Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.; Department of Emergency Medicine, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia., Selman C; Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.; Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.; Department of Critical Care, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia., Kochar A; Pediatric Emergency, Women and Children's Hospital Adelaide, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.; Acute Care Medical, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia., Shellshear D; Department of Emergency Medicine, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia., Borland ML; Emergency Medicine, Perth Children's Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.; Divisions of Paediatrics and Emergency Medicine, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia., George S; Emergency Department, Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport, Queensland, Australia.; School of Medicine and Dentistry, Griffith University, Southport, Queensland, Australia.; Department of Emergency Medicine and Children's Critical Care, Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport, Queensland, Australia., Jani S; Department of Emergency Medicine, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.; Children's Hospital at Westmead Clinical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Tham D; Emergency Research Group, Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.; Department of Emergency Medicine, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.; Emergency Medicine, Western Health, Sunshine, Victoria, Australia., Lee K; Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.; Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia., Craig S; Emergency Research Group, Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.; Paediatric Emergency, Monash Medical Centre Clayton, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.; Department of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia., Babl FE; Emergency Research Group, Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.; Department of Emergency Medicine, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.; Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.; Department of Critical Care, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia., Bourke EM; Emergency Research Group, Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia elyssia.bourke@mcri.edu.au.; Department of Emergency Medicine, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.; Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.; Department of Critical Care, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.; Department of Emergency Medicine, Ballarat Base Hospital (Grampians Health Services), Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.; Emergency Medicine, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Source: Archives of disease in childhood [Arch Dis Child] 2026 Apr 17; Vol. 111 (5), pp. 394-400. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Apr 17.
Publication Type: Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial; Multicenter Study
Journal Info: Publisher: BMJ Pub. Group [etc.] Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 0372434 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1468-2044 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00039888 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Arch Dis Child Subsets: MEDLINE
Database: MEDLINE Ultimate
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ISSN:1468-2044
DOI:10.1136/archdischild-2025-328921