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Applying a Modified Version of the Prediction of Alcohol Withdrawal Severity Scale in a Canadian Community Withdrawal Management Setting

Drug and Alcohol Review, Volume 44, Issue 5, Page 1365-1373, July 2025.
ABSTRACT Introduction Severe alcohol withdrawal syndrome (SAWS) can lead to significant morbidity and mortality. The Prediction of Alcohol Withdrawal Severity Scale (PAWSS) has been validated in general acute care environments, but its efficacy in withdrawal management settings remains underexplored. This study aimed to assess the utility of a modified
Hannah Crepeault, Nicole Cowan, M. Eugenia Socias, Niloofar Riazi, Alison Knill, Avneet Khela, Evan Wood, Lianping Ti   +7 more
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Implementation of a delirium assessment tool in the ICU and its effect on haloperidol use [PDF]

, 2009
IntroductionIn critically ill patients, delirium is a serious and frequent disorder that is associated with a prolonged intensive care and hospital stay and an increased morbidity and mortality.
Hoeven, Hans van der, Achterberg, T. van, van der Hoeven, H., Roodbol, G., Achterberg, Theo van, Van den Boogaard, M., Boogaard, Mark van den, Hoeven, J.G. van der, Mintjes, Joke, Boogaard, M.H.W.A. van den, Schoonhoven, L., Pickkers, Peter, Schoonhoven, Lisette, Pickkers, P., Roodbol, G.J.M., Roodbol, Petrie, van Achterberg, T.   +16 more
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How did investigations into spontaneous human combustion influence alcohol medicine? An examination of the medical and literary discussions that brought the two together

Addiction, Volume 120, Issue 5, Page 1051-1057, May 2025.
Abstract Background and Aims The presence of sections or chapters on spontaneous human combustion in more than half of the key texts in English on the action of alcohol on the body and mind in the first half of the nineteenth century demonstrates the seriousness with which it was considered.
Iain Smith, Pam Lock
wiley   +1 more source

Dexmedetomidine as adjunctive therapy for delirium tremens [PDF]

Scripta Medica, 2012
This case report describes a patient with severe alcohol withdrawal complicated by a potentially difficult airway management that was treated by adjunctive dexmedetomidine infusion.
Senasu Jeffrey E., Alexander Bozana, Akintorin Abayomi E.   +2 more
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Factors associated with delirium tremens: A retrospective chart study

Muller Journal of Medical Sciences and Research, 2013
Objectives: Delirium tremens is the most severe on the spectrum of alcohol withdrawal syndromes. The mortality rate in this condition has been reported as high as 20%; however, with appropriate diagnosis and prompt treatment, mortality has been reduced ...
S Chandini, Anupama Zeena Sequeira, P John Mathai   +2 more
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CAPSICUM IN DELIRIUM TREMENS. [PDF]

The Lancet
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Rattlesnakes and Delirium Tremens [PDF]

The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
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Man in the throes of delirium tremens.

, 1876
Illustration of a man experiencing alcohol-induced delirium, captioned "Delirium Tremens."From Fifty years history of the Temperance cause. Intemperance the great national curse, threatening the purity and stability of our institutions, secular and ...

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Possible presentation of Kernohan–Woltman notch phenomenon in a young female with heavy drinking: a case report

The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery
Background A subdural hematoma is a type of traumatic brain injury that results from the rupture of the bridging veins. It often presents with various neurological deficits.
Kapil Chauhan, Jabari-Ture Brooks, Mosunmola Oyawusi, Roger Weir   +3 more
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Analysis of heart rate variability in patients with chronic alcohol abuse

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2015
Article represents the results of studies on the use of the method of assessment of heart rate variability in patients with alcohol withdrawal syndrome without delirious syndrome and in patients with the condition as a result of alcohol withdrawal with ...
A. I. Gozhenko, V. A. Petrov
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