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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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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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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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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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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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Agrypnia Excitata: A Case of Delirium Tremens and Review of the Literature [PDF]
Türk Uyku Tıbbı Dergisi, 2021 Agrypnia excitata represents a triad of three subgroups of disorders having similar clinical characteristics, namely, delirium tremens caused by alcohol withdrawal, fatal familial insomnia (an autosomal dominant prion disease) and Morvan syndrome ...
Yasin Kavla +2 more
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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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Use of propofol as adjuvant therapy in refractory delirium tremens
Industrial Psychiatry Journal, 2010 Delirium tremens is recognized as a potentially fatal and debilitating complication of alcohol withdrawal. Use of sedatives, particularly benzodiazepines, is the cornerstone of therapy for delirium tremens.
Rajiv Mahajan +3 more
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Alcoholic Hepatitis in a Japanese Hospital: Losing Contact With Some Patients After Delirium Tremens May Lead to Missed Critical Events. [PDF]
Addict BiolIn a Japanese hospital without psychiatric support, 15% of alcoholic hepatitis patients developed delirium tremens (DT), which shortened follow‐up. Prophylactic oral benzodiazepines were safe and significantly reduced the risk of DT. Integrated care models are needed to prevent missed critical events and relapses after discharge. ABSTRACT In Japan, the
Muto H +13 more
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