Alcohol withdrawal in the setting of elevated blood alcohol levels

Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 170-173

  Roffman, Joshua L ^a,b   Stern, Theodore A ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; LORAZEPAM;

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELIRIUM TREMENS; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIGNETTE;

EID: 33748546910     PISSN: 15235998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/PCC.v08n0307     Document Type: Article

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