Prompt responses to the administration of ethanol in the treatment of the alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS)

Neurologist

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 242-244

  Fisher, C M ^a   Samuels, Martin A ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS); Ethanol; Restraint reaction (RR)

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HYDROXYUREA; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

AGED; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESSNESS; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOCYTHEMIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; WHISKEY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL-INDUCED DISORDERS, NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349750557     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e3181b47018     Document Type: Article

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