Continuous alcohol withdrawal delirium and physical illness‐associated delirium in a man brought to the emergency department after a disaster: A case report [PDF]
Neuropsychopharmacology ReportsBackground Risk factors for alcohol withdrawal delirium include heavy drinking, prior alcohol withdrawal delirium or convulsions, nondrug sedative use, and a history of tachycardia, withdrawal, and infections.
Kota Kikuchi +8 more
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Adjuvant dexmedetomidine in treatment of alcohol withdrawal delirium: Case series
Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, 2023 Alcohol withdrawal delirium is a medical emergency with mortality rates of 20–50% without treatment. Benzodiazepines (BZDs) (gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor agonists) are the mainstay of treatment.
Amit Chail +3 more
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Delirium due to sepsis-associated encephalopathy mimicking alcohol withdrawal delirium
Journal of Medical Sciences, 2017 Delirium is caused by an underlying physiological disturbance, and treatment requires identification of the underlying cause. Making this diagnosis requires careful differential diagnosis. However, often the cause of delirium is hard to recognize.
Li-Yuan Liu +3 more
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To evaluate serum cortisol levels in patients with alcohol withdrawal delirium v/s patients with delirium due to any other disorder [PDF]
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2023 Background: Delirium is an acute confusional state characterized by changes in the mental status, level of consciousness, impaired cognition, and inattention. It can develop within hours or days.
Ishrat Sibia +4 more
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Delirium at the elderly patients with alcohol withdrawal syndrome [PDF]
European Psychiatry, 2021 Introduction The psychoses in patients with dependence of alcohol are in many cases polyethiologic, this is especially common in the elderly due to accumulation of various somato-neurological pathologies.
V. Kuzminov, I. Linskiy
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Alcohol Withdrawal with Delirium Tremens [PDF]
Journal of education & teaching in emergency medicine, 2023 Emergency medicine (EM) residents (1st year and 2nd year levels), 4th year medical students and advanced practice providers.Alcohol use has played a major role in causing significant morbidity and mortality for patients. In 2016, it was the 7th leading risk factor for deaths and disability-adjusted life years globally.1 Among heavy alcohol users ...
Schwebach, MD, Courtney +1 more
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Alcohol withdrawal delirium - diagnosis, course and treatment [PDF]
Biomedical Papers, 2015 Objective: Delirium tremens represents the most severe complication of alcohol withdrawal syndrome and, in its complications, significantly increases the morbidity and mortality of patients.
Barbora Mainerova +6 more
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Iatrogenic delirium on symptom-triggered alcohol withdrawal protocol
Mental Illness, 2020 Purpose The purpose of this paper is to illustrate delirium as a possible consequence of the application of symptom-triggered therapy for alcohol withdrawal and to explore alternative treatment modalities. In the management of alcohol withdrawal syndrome, symptom-triggered therapy directs nursing staff to regularly assess patients using standardized ...
Park, Andrew Chunkil +5 more
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Validation of blood-based indices associated with sarcopenia for the prediction of pneumonia and delirium in patients with acute withdrawal from excessive alcohol consumption [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychiatryObjectiveThis study aimed to explore the hematology-derived relationship between the blood-based indices associated with sarcopenia including the neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) and serum AST/ALT ratio, and the risk of ...
Lanlan Chen +6 more
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Describing patterns of delirium in alcohol withdrawal and in non-alcohol withdrawal: An observational study in a tertiary care rural hospital [PDF]
Indian Journal of PsychiatryBackground: Delirium is an acute neuropsychiatric syndrome with variable presentations depending on etiology. Alcohol withdrawal delirium (AWD) typically presents as hyperactive subtype, while non-alcohol withdrawal delirium (NAWD) is more heterogeneous.
Shobhit Mathur, Kshirod K. Mishra
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