Emotional state

So how do you describe the emotional state of your patients. Here is a guide:

Emotional State:

1. Anxiety/ nervousness: watching every movement; asthma, respiratory failure, hypoxia
2. Depressed: quiet, denial
3. Anger/ combative/ irritable: electrolyte imbalance
4. Euphoria: drugs, OD
5. Panic: hypoxia, tension pneumothorax, status asthmaticus.

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