Symptom-triggered vs fixed-schedule doses of benzodiazepine for alcohol withdrawal: A randomized treatment trial

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1117-1121

  Daeppen, Jean Bernard ^a   Gache, Pascal ^b   Landry, Ulrika ^a   Sekera, Eva ^b   Schweizer, Verena ^a   Gloor, Stéphane ^a   Yersin, Bertrand ^a  

^a CHUV   (Switzerland)

^b Alcohol Treatment Centers   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; OXAZEPAM;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WELLBEING;

EID: 0037182024     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.162.10.1117     Document Type: Article

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