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Nursing, 2023
Abstract: Approximately 50% of people with alcohol use disorder experience alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) after abruptly decreasing or abstaining from alcohol consumption. This article presents the pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, and management of patients with AWS.
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Abstract: Approximately 50% of people with alcohol use disorder experience alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) after abruptly decreasing or abstaining from alcohol consumption. This article presents the pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, and management of patients with AWS.
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The Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome
New England Journal of Medicine, 1985The alcohol withdrawal syndrome, with its wide range of clinical presentations, is readily identifiable yet often overlooked in the general hospital population.
W D, Lerner, H J, Fallon
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The alcohol withdrawal syndrome
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 2008The alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) is a common management problem in hospital practice for neurologists, psychiatrists and general physicians alike. Although some patients have mild symptoms and may even be managed in the outpatient setting, others have more severe symptoms or a history of adverse outcomes that requires close inpatient supervision ...
McKeon, A, Frye, M A, Delanty, Norman
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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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Management of the Alcohol withdrawal Syndrome
Annual Review of Medicine, 1991People who suffer acute alcohol withdrawal should be admitted to a hospital if they have a concurrent medical or surgical complication or severe symptoms. Careful assessment, supportive care, and pharmacotherapy, especially loading with a long half-life benzodiazepine such as diazepam, are the essential components of treatment.
M K, Romach, E M, Sellers
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Treatment of alcohol withdrawal syndrome
Zhurnal nevrologii i psikhiatrii im. S.S. Korsakova, 2021Alcohol withdrawal arises in result of long-lasting or short, but massive, alcohol abuse, manifests itself with oppressive symptoms and in some cases is complicated by seizures, hallucinosis and delirium tremens that may be life-threatening for patients.
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Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal, 2010
Alcohol withdrawal syndrome is a significant problem that can complicate underlying disease states and lead to serious clinical consequences. The recognition of the early signs and symptoms of this syndrome, as well as the identification of those at highest risk for developing it, is crucial for effective prevention and management.
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Alcohol withdrawal syndrome is a significant problem that can complicate underlying disease states and lead to serious clinical consequences. The recognition of the early signs and symptoms of this syndrome, as well as the identification of those at highest risk for developing it, is crucial for effective prevention and management.
Stephen J. Lemon +2 more
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Dexmedetomidine for Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome
Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 2015Objective: To review available evidence evaluating dexmedetomidine in alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) while identifying gaps in evidence for its use in this setting. Data Sources: A MEDLINE search (1966-August 2015) to identify English-language articles evaluating the efficacy and safety of dexmedetomidine in alcohol withdrawal.
Dustin D, Linn, Kathryn C, Loeser
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Inpatient alcohol withdrawal syndrome
Revista Clínica Española (English Edition), 2015A 55-year-old man was admitted for a femur fracture; an alcohol fetor was noted on admission. The following day, the patient began to experience tremors and nervousness. Intravenous haloperidol was administered. Shortly afterwards, the patient experienced two generalized seizures and then began to experience delirium and uncontrollable agitation.
R, Monte-Secades +2 more
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Alcohol and Benzodiazepines: Withdrawal Syndromes
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 1980A mixed alcohol‐benzodiazepine (BD) addiction was recognized in 25 alcoholics who were admitted for detoxification. They experienced a withdrawal syndrome, atypical for alcoholics, starting 2–10 days after abrupt discontinuation of drugs and characterized by more psychomotor and less autonomic nervous system signs than is usual in alcohol withdrawal ...
D, Benzer, P, Cushman
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