Twenty-Eight-Day-Long Delirium Tremens [PDF]
Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2019 Refractory alcohol withdrawal delirium is uncommon in day-to-day clinical practice. This case report presents a rare case of delirium tremens of unusually long duration that was complicated by the difficulty in tapering down benzodiazepines despite ...
Vijay Gayam +2 more
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The Efficacy of Lacosamide in the Treatment of Delirium Complicated With Ileus: Four Cases [PDF]
Neuropsychopharmacology ReportsDelirium is a common disease in elderly patients and requires medications, although nondrug interventions are recommended. When delirious patients are complicated with ileus, the selection of drugs would be difficult.
Shinji Sato
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Could we predict an episode of delirium tremens? Case report [PDF]
European Psychiatry, 2023 Introduction Delirium tremens is one of the most serious complications associated with alcohol withdrawal. It affects a percentage of 5 to 20% of users and is not related to the duration of consumption nor to the quantities taken.
A. Tounsi +4 more
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Repetitive Myocardial Infarctions Secondary to Delirium Tremens [PDF]
Case Reports in Critical Care, 2014 Delirium tremens develops in a minority of patients undergoing acute alcohol withdrawal; however, that minority is vulnerable to significant morbidity and mortality.
David Schwartzberg, Adam Shiroff
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Use of Phenobarbital in Delirium Tremens [PDF]
Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2017 The standard of care for alcohol withdrawal centers on the use of escalating doses of benzodiazepines until clinical improvement is achieved. However, there is no established standard in the care of patients with severe alcohol withdrawal and delirium ...
Jeffrey Fujimoto BS +2 more
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Takotsubo cardiomyopathy precipitated by delirium tremens [PDF]
Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2015 A 57-year-old woman presented with alcohol withdrawal symptoms, which later progressed to delirium tremens. During hospitalization, she developed respiratory distress with acute pulmonary edema.
Chidozie Charles Agu +6 more
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Adjunctive dexmedetomidine for treatment of delirium tremens: Case report and brief review [PDF]
Industrial Psychiatry Journal, 2019 Alcohol withdrawal delirium (delirium tremens [DT]) is a medical emergency. Gamma-aminobutyric acid type A agonists (benzodiazepines [BZDs]) are the mainstay of treatment.
Amit Chail +3 more
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A Young man with Delirium Tremens, Pellagra and Alcoholic neuropathy. Case report and review of pharmacological treatment [PDF]
European Psychiatry, 2022 Introduction We present the case of a 36-year-old male with chronic alcoholism who suffered Delirium Tremens and other complications during hospital admission and who recovered thanks to treatment with benzodiazepines and antiepileptics using a cross ...
B. Díez Valle, P. Coucheiro Limeres
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Acute inferior ST-elevation myocardial infarction due to delirium tremens: a case report [PDF]
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2019 Background Delirium tremens is a severe form of alcohol withdrawal syndrome. Literature documenting acute coronary events in the setting of alcohol withdrawal remains scarce.
Maxwell D. Mirande +2 more
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Adjuvant Trazodone for Management of Protracted Delirium Tremens [PDF]
Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2020 Preethy Kathiresan +4 more
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