Is your medical/surgical patient withdrawing from alcohol?

Nursing

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 50-56

  Lussier Cushing, Mary ^a   Repper Delisi, Jennifer ^a   Mitchell, Monique T ^b   Lakatos, Barbara E ^b   Mahmoud, Fareeda ^a   Lipkis Orlando, Robin ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; DELIRIUM TREMENS; EMPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WITHDRAWAL SEIZURE;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL DELIRIUM; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL SEIZURES; EMPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 34848912539     PISSN: 03604039     EISSN: 15388689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NURSE.0000291992.24185.ff     Document Type: Review

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