Use of an Objective Clinical Scale in the Assessment and Management of Alcohol Withdrawal in a Large General Hospital

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 360-364

  Foy, Aidan ^a   March, Susan ^a   Drinkwater, Vine ^a  

^a ROYAL NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SEIZURE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL DELIRIUM; DIAZEPAM; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOSES, ALCOHOLIC; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0023783859     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1988.tb00208.x     Document Type: Article

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