Alcohol withdrawal delirium: A retrospective case series of 39 patients;Delirium tremens : Étude rétrospective de 39 observations

Revue de Medecine Interne

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 73-77

  Thiercelin, N ^a   Andrianirina, B ^a   Plat, A ^b  

^a Centre Hospitalier General de Dreux   (France)

^b BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Delirium; Risk factors; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; DELIRIUM TREMENS; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; MALAISE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; SEIZURE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL DELIRIUM; ALCOHOLISM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873058945     PISSN: 02488663     EISSN: 17683122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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