Acute benzodiazepine withdrawal delirium after a short course of flunitrazepam in an intensive care patient

Annales de Medecine Interne

Volumn 151, Issue SUPPL. A, 2000, Pages

  Diehl, Jean Luc ^a   Guillibert, Edmond ^b   Guerot, Emmanuel ^a   Kimounn, Elizabeth ^a   Labrousse, Jacques ^a  

^a Hopital Boucicaut   (France)

^b Hopital Laennec   (France)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines; Critical illness; Flunitrazepam; Intensive care unit; Mechanical ventilation; Sedation; Withdrawal symptoms

Indexed keywords

FLUNITRAZEPAM;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; DELIRIUM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SEDATION; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; FLUNITRAZEPAM; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0034028891     PISSN: 0003410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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