Use of high dose benzodiazepines in alcohol and sedative withdrawal delirium

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 286-293

  Kunkel, Elisabeth J S ^a   Rodgers, Carla ^a   DeMaria Jr , Peter A ^a   Holleran, Daniel ^a   Zaimes, Jeanette ^a   Gray, Charles ^a   Zager, Ruth ^a   Hall, Susan M ^a   Field, Howard L ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DIAZEPAM; FLUOXETINE; LORAZEPAM; METHADONE; MORPHINE; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL DELIRIUM; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0030768861     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-8343(97)00021-2     Document Type: Article

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