Emergency management of acute alcohol problems. Part 2: Alcohol-related seizures, delirium tremens, and toxic alcohol ingestion

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 42, Issue DEC., 1996, Pages 2423-2431

  Etherington, Jeremy M ^a,b  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZATROPINE; DIAZEPAM; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GLUCOSE; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; MAGNESIUM; METHANOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; THIAMINE;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ALCOHOLISM; DELIRIUM TREMENS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SEIZURE; SHORT SURVEY;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ACUTE DISEASE; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL DELIRIUM; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ANTICONVULSANTS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; SEIZURES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EID: 0029750616     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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