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Police blame some deaths on “excited delirium.” ER docs consider pulling the plug on the term.

Theory has been cited by authorities in trial of two police officers involved in death of Elijah McClain

Sheneen McClain stands at the site ...
AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver Post
Sheneen McClain stands at the site where her son Elijah was killed after an interaction with Aurora Police officers and paramedics resulted in the 23-year-old being fatally restrained, choked and given a sedative on Aug. 24, 2019. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)
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The American College of Emergency Physicians will vote at an October meeting on whether to formally disavow its 2009 position paper supporting excited delirium as a diagnosis that helped undergird those court cases.
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