Independent clinical correlates of severe alcohol withdrawal

Substance Abuse

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 197-209

  Kraemer, Kevin L ^a   Mayo‐Smith, Michael F ^b,c   Calkins, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Manchester VA Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol withdrawal delirium; Alcoholism; Prognosis; Risk assessment; Substance withdrawal syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BENZODIAZEPINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL INSTITUTE WITHDRAWAL ASSESSMENT FOR ALCOHOL SCALE; DELIRIUM TREMENS; DETOXIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TRIAGE;

EID: 0242556566     PISSN: 08897077     EISSN: 15470164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08897070309511551     Document Type: Article

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