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Delirium tremens and alcohol withdrawal nationally in the Veterans Health Administration
The American Journal on Addictions, 2017Background and ObjectivesAlcohol withdrawal—especially delirium tremens (DT)—is a potentially life‐threatening condition. While short‐term treatment regimens and factors that predispose to more severe symptomatology have been extensively studied, little attention has been paid to the clinical epidemiology and long‐term care of the chronic medical ...
David Thomas Moore +2 more
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Alcohol withdrawal delirium manifested by manic symptoms in an elderly patient
Psychogeriatrics, 2014AbstractAlcohol withdrawal syndrome is a commonly seen problem in psychiatric practice. Alcohol withdrawal delirium is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Withdrawal symptoms usually include tremulousness, psychotic and perceptual symptoms, seizures, and consciousness disturbance.
Hung-Yu, Chan, Kuan-I, Lee
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Clinical predictors for delirium tremens in patients with alcohol withdrawal seizures
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2015Delirium tremens (DT) is the severest form of alcohol withdrawal syndrome, frequently after alcohol withdrawal seizures. Delirium tremens occurs in a small proportion of patients with alcohol withdrawal seizures; nevertheless, early identification of high-risk patients is important for intensive preventive management of unexpected episodes due to ...
Dong Wook, Kim +4 more
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[Pathobiochemistry and pharmacotherapy of alcohol withdrawal delirium].
Der Nervenarzt, 1992The spectrum and time course of different symptoms during alcohol withdrawal may be caused by the involvement of various neurotransmitter systems that are differentially vulnerable to the effects of ethanol. Withdrawal symptomatology results from increased activity of excitatory mechanisms (NMDA-receptor, catecholamines among others) and from reduced ...
H, Rommelspacher +2 more
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Journal of Anesthesia, 2012
To the Editor: In the May issue of the Journal of Anesthesia, Demuro et al. [1] describe a case series of patients receiving dexmedetomidine for alcohol withdrawal. The authors highlight that benzodiazepines may be associated with hemodynamic instability and respiratory depression.
Michael T, Johnson +3 more
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To the Editor: In the May issue of the Journal of Anesthesia, Demuro et al. [1] describe a case series of patients receiving dexmedetomidine for alcohol withdrawal. The authors highlight that benzodiazepines may be associated with hemodynamic instability and respiratory depression.
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[Alcohol withdrawal syndrome and delirium tremens. Their treatment].
La Revue du praticien, 1994The clinical picture of alcohol withdrawal syndrome lies somewhere on a continuum that ranges from slight morning tremor to genuine delirium tremens. The diagnosis, usually easy, may be beset with several traps: alcoholism may be unrecognized, or a diagnosis other than withdrawal syndrome may be wrongly made, or again a complication may be either ...
H J, Aubin, D, Barrucand, P, Auzépy
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[Therapy of alcohol withdrawal delirium with a new hypnotic].
Fortschritte der Medizin, 1982The treatment of alcohol withdrawal symptoms which suddenly appear after an operation, is discussed. Therapy with etomidate as long term sedation is described. 500 mg of etomidate (125 mg circumflex or equal to 1 ml) soluted in 50 ml physiological saline was given by perfusor (0.6 - 0.8 mg/kg b.w./h). Therapy-time lasted from 48 - 56 hours.
B, Schockenhoff, P, Hoffmann, A, Franz
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Pattern and risk factors of alcohol withdrawal delirium.
Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet thangphaet, 2011To determine the incidence, prescribing risk factors of alcohol withdrawal delirium (AWD), and factors complicating AWD, in alcohol dependent patients hospitalized for alcohol detoxification.Patients attending the detoxification program at Chiang Mai University Hospital and the Northern drug dependence treatment center between May and September 2005 ...
Natapon, Burapakajornpong +2 more
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Delirium, Dementia, Alcohol Intoxication, and Withdrawal Syndromes
2007A 72-year-old man with a long-standing diagnosis of schizophrenia living in a board and care home was brought to the hospital by the police because of altered mental state and agitation. The patient was combative both in the ambulance and in the emergency department (ED). He was prescribed lorazepam 1 mg IM in the ED, but the agitation did not subside.
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Dexmedetomidine In The Management Of Alcohol Withdrawal And Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium
B49. INTENSIVE CARE UNIT MANAGEMENT, 2011Ryan W. Dailey +2 more
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