Trends of Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium in the Last Decade: Analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample. [PDF]
Gastroenterology Res, 2022 Background Alcohol use disorder, high-risk drinking, and emergency visits for acute and chronic complications of alcohol use have been increasing in the USA recently.
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The Discovery of Acute Alcohol Withdrawal as a Cause of Delirium [PDF]
Neurocritical Care, 2021 For heavy drinkers to come into a hospital carries risks, and worryingly, signs associated with imposed abstinence appear soon after admission. A consider-able number could be transferred to intensive care units including neurointensive care units when ...
Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
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Pellagrous encephalopathy and alcohol withdrawal delirium: A case report [PDF]
Medical Science, 2023 Chronic alcohol consumption is a common etiology, for pellagra is frequently under-diagnosed and thus not adequately treated. A 30-year-old gentleman presented with a history of consumption of alcohol in a dependence pattern for the previous 10 years ...
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Quantitative electroencephalographic analysis of delirium tremens development following alcohol‐withdrawal seizure based on a small number of male cases [PDF]
Brain and Behavior, 2022 Seizures and delirium tremens (DTs) are recognized as severe alcohol‐withdrawal symptoms. Prolonged admission and serious complications associated with alcohol withdrawal are responsible for increased costs and use of medical and social resources.
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Somatic comorbidities of inpatients receiving treatment for alcohol withdrawal syndrome on a psychiatric ward and their relation to delirium tremens [PDF]
Postepy psychiatrii neurologii, 2021 Purpose This study aimed to assess the influence of somatic diseases and patient characteristics (age, gender) in relation to delirium tremens (DT) episodes in alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS).
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Reports of Vinnytsia National Medical University, 2021 Annotation. Polytrauma is considered the main cause of death among people younger 45 years. Among trauma patiens 15-20% regularly take alcohol, close to 32% of patients who needed intensive therapy to alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS), and 5-20% of the ...
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Addicta: The Turkish Journal on AddictionsThe present study aims to identify the risk factors related to alcohol withdrawal syndrome or alcohol- withdrawal delirium (delirium tremens) in patients with alcohol dependence admitted to a general hospital during the coronavirus disease 2019 and non ...
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CASPR2 positive autoimmune encephalitis presenting as delirium in an alcohol dependent patient: a diagnostic dilemma [PDF]
Kerala Journal of Psychiatry, 2021 Delirium, a major psychiatric emergency commonly encountered in alcohol withdrawal state, can have various aetiologies. Here we present a case of protracted delirium in an alcohol dependent patient, which on detailed neurological workup was diagnosed to ...
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Mortality and alcohol‐related morbidity in patients with delirium tremens, alcohol withdrawal state or alcohol dependence in Norway: A register‐based prospective cohort study [PDF]
Addiction, 2023 BACKGROUND AND AIMS Little is known about long-term consequences of delirium tremens (DT). This study aimed to compare all-cause and cause-specific mortality and alcohol-related morbidity between patients with: (i) DT, (ii) alcohol withdrawal state (AWS)
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Iatrogenic delirium on symptom-triggered alcohol withdrawal protocol [PDF]
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 ...
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