Phenobarbital versus diazepam for delirium tremens - A retrospective study

Danish Medical Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Michaelsen, Ida Hjermø ^a   Anderson, John Erik ^b   Fink Jensen, Anders ^b   Allerup, Peter ^c   Ulrichsen, Jakob ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Mental Health Services CPH

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; HALOPERIDOL; PHENOBARBITAL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM TREMENS; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP INDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 78649726671     PISSN: 16039629     EISSN: 16039629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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