Prevention and Therapy of Alcohol Withdrawal on Intensive Care Units: Systematic Review of Controlled Trials

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 675-686

  Ungur, Lavinius A ^a   Neuner, Bruno ^a,b   John, Susanne ^a   Wernecke, Klaus ^a   Spies, Claudia ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcohol Withdrawal; Delirium; EtOH; Intensive Care

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; CLOMETHIAZOLE; CLONIDINE; DIAZEPAM; FLUNITRAZEPAM; HALOPERIDOL; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; METABOLIC DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ALCOHOLISM; BENZODIAZEPINES; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 84875641768     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12002     Document Type: Article

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