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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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Delirium Tremens: Assessment and Management [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology, 2018 Abhishek Ghosh, Sandeep Grover
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Agrypnia Excitata: A Case of Delirium Tremens and Review of the Literature
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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Medical Journal Armed Forces India, 2004 The varied clinical manifestations and management of 14 male patients with delirium tremens (DT) have been studied. Eight patients were initially hospitalised for diseases unrelated to ethanol abuse i.e. 2 each for gun shot wound, myocardial infarction and stroke, and one each for pneumonia and gastroenteritis.
S R, Mehta +4 more
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Etiology and pharmacological treatment of delirious syndrome
European Psychiatry, 2023 Introduction Patients in psychiatric department, especially in the intensive care unit, often develop delirium syndrome, which leads to a high risk of morbidity and mortality. The etiology is multifactorial.
J. Hamidović +5 more
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Adjuvant dexmedetomidine in treatment of alcohol withdrawal delirium: Case series
Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, 2023 Alcohol withdrawal delirium is a medical emergency with mortality rates of 20–50% without treatment. Benzodiazepines (BZDs) (gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor agonists) are the mainstay of treatment.
Amit Chail +3 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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Hidden in the Rash - Alcoholic Pellagra Encephalopathy
Kerala Journal of Psychiatry, 2021 Pellagra Encephalopathy is a recognised medical condition due to niacin deficiency. Patients with alcohol dependence invariably have vitamin deficiencies, including niacin.
M D Praveen Das +3 more
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Integrating Pharmacovigilance Data Mining and Mendelian Randomization to Identify Risk Profiles and Causal Targets of Opioid-Induced Delirium. [PDF]
CNS Neurosci TherOpioids like methadone and oxycodone pose a high risk for delirium, particularly in older adults and females. By integrating pharmacovigilance data and Mendelian randomization, we identify key genes (COMT, MYD88, CYP1B1) that influence delirium risk.
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