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The alcohol withdrawal syndrome
The Lancet, 1997The alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) is a set of signs and symptoms that typically develops in alcohol-dependent people within 6–24 h of their last drink. It may occur unintentionally if abstinence is enforced by illness or injury, or deliberately if the person voluntarily stops drinking because of an alcohol-related illness, or as a prelude to ...
Hall, Wayne, Zador, Deborah
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2010
Approximately 11–15 million people report heavy alcohol use or alcohol abuse and dependence in the United States; not surprisingly, alcohol-related medical problems are commonly encountered in critically ill and injured patients. Alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) consists of symptoms and signs arising in alcohol-dependent individuals, typically within ...
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Approximately 11–15 million people report heavy alcohol use or alcohol abuse and dependence in the United States; not surprisingly, alcohol-related medical problems are commonly encountered in critically ill and injured patients. Alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) consists of symptoms and signs arising in alcohol-dependent individuals, typically within ...
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Alcohol withdrawal and carbamazepine
Alcohol, 1986The use of pharmacologic intervention in the management of alcohol withdrawal syndrome is briefly presented. The use of carbamazepine, a tricyclic anticonvulsant with clinical efficacy in depressive illness, in alcohol withdrawal treatment is reviewed.
D, Butler, F S, Messiha
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The management of alcohol withdrawal*
Medical Journal of Australia, 1986Alcohol withdrawal is a common condition which often complicates intercurrent illness. Its severity and course are determined largely by the setting in which it occurs. This article discusses the history, pathophysiology, pathogenesis and principles of the treatment of alcohol withdrawal.
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Alcohol Withdrawal and Conditioning
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 2005This review contains the proceedings from a symposium held at the RSA conference in 2003 on “Alcohol Withdrawal and Conditioning.” The presentations covered a range of interactions between conditioning and alcohol withdrawal, in both animal behavior and the clinic. Dr. D.N.
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Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 1990
Current studies have begun to elucidate the pathophysiology of alcoholism and its withdrawal syndrome. Newer benzodiazepines, beta-blockers, alpha-agonists, butyrophenones and calcium channel blocking agents, alone and in combination, have been studied recently in alcohol withdrawal.
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Current studies have begun to elucidate the pathophysiology of alcoholism and its withdrawal syndrome. Newer benzodiazepines, beta-blockers, alpha-agonists, butyrophenones and calcium channel blocking agents, alone and in combination, have been studied recently in alcohol withdrawal.
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Diphenylhydantoin and Alcohol Withdrawal
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1971To the Editor. — Finer ( 215 :119, 1971) advances the use of diphenylhydantoin for the treatment of alcohol withdrawal, claiming that it is effective in preventing nonepileptic alcoholic seizures when administered with or without diazepam. Alcohol withdrawal presents clinically a difficult syndrome to manage and one which evidences a high mortality ...
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Alcohol intoxication and the alcohol withdrawal syndrome
Postgraduate Medicine, 1978Although acute alcohol intoxication can cause death, hepatic metabolism of ethanol is usually rapid, and in most cases general supportive care of the intoxicated patient is all that is required. Abrupt cessation of prolonged excessive alcohol intake gives rise to the alcohol withdrawal syndrome.
C C, Robertson, E M, Sellers
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Epilepsy & Behavior, 2009
The topic of alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS), including delirium tremens and especially seizures, is reviewed. From mice and rat studies, it is known that both N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptors are involved in AWS.
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The topic of alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS), including delirium tremens and especially seizures, is reviewed. From mice and rat studies, it is known that both N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptors are involved in AWS.
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