Alcohol withdrawal syndrome: Current management strategies for the surgery patient

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1452-1455

  Morris, Patrick R ^a   Mosby, Edward L ^b,c   Ferguson, Brett L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b Dept Oral and Maxillofacial Surg ^*  (United States)

^c TRUMAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ATENOLOL; BARBITURIC ACID; BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; DIAZEPAM; FOLIC ACID; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MULTIVITAMIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARALDEHYDE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PROPRANOLOL; THIAMINE;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DELIRIUM TREMENS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALNUTRITION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PSYCHOSIS; SEIZURE; SURGICAL PATIENT; WERNICKE KORSAKOFF SYNDROME;

EID: 0030657902     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2391(97)90649-2     Document Type: Article

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