Development of a rating scale to predict the severity of alcohol withdrawal syndrome

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 611-615

  Wetterling, Tilman ^a,c   Weber, Bernhard ^a   Depfenhart, Markus ^a   Schneider, Barbara ^a   Junghanns, Klaus ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DETOXIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUEBECK ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL RISK SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALCOHOLISM; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, DRUG; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 33751011925     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agl068     Document Type: Article

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