Identifying and managing acute alcohol withdrawal in the elderly

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 176-183

  Letizia, MariJo ^a   Reinbolz, Magan ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; LORAZEPAM; MULTIVITAMIN; OXAZEPAM; THIAMINE;

AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PREFERENCE; DRUG SAFETY; ELDERLY CARE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NICOTINIC ACID DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PYRIDOXINE DEFICIENCY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHYDRATION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SCREENING; TREATMENT PLANNING; WERNICKE KORSAKOFF SYNDROME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 20944435421     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2005.03.018     Document Type: Article

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