Two routine blood tests-mean corpuscular volume and aspartate aminotransferase-as predictors of delirium tremens in trauma patients

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 199-201

  Findley, John K ^a,b   Park, Lawrence T ^b   Siefert, Caleb J ^b   Chiou, Grace J ^a   Lancaster, Robert T ^a   Demoya, Marc ^a   Gervasini, Alice ^a   Velmahos, George C ^a  

^a Division of Trauma   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol withdrawal; Delirium tremens; Laboratory testing

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CALCULATION; DELIRIUM TREMENS; DIAPHORESIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HALLUCINATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; TREMOR;

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL DELIRIUM; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77954752405     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181bee583     Document Type: Article

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