The Royal College of physicians report on alcohol: Guidelines for managing Wernicke's encephalopathy in the accident and emergency department

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 513-521

  Thomson, Allan D ^b   Cook, Christopher C H ^b   Touquet, Robin ^a   Henry, John A ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ASCORBIC ACID; BENZYL ALCOHOL; CONTRAST MEDIUM; NICOTINAMIDE; PABRINEX; PARENTROVITE; PENICILLIN G; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STREPTOKINASE; THIAMINE; VITAMIN B GROUP;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DRUNKENNESS; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PUBLICATION; SIDE EFFECT; UNITED KINGDOM; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 18744387955     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/37.6.513     Document Type: Article

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