Recognition and management of withdrawal delirium (delirium tremens)

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 371, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 2109-2113

  Schuckit, Marc A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOMETHIAZOLE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; DIAZEPAM; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; MULTIVITAMIN; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PROPOFOL; THIAMINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CLINICAL INSTITUTE WITHDRAWAL ASSESSMENT OF ALCOHOL SCALE; DELIRIUM TREMENS; FATALITY; HALLUCINOSIS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL DELIRIUM; DISEASE MANAGEMENT;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL DELIRIUM; BENZODIAZEPINES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DIAZEPAM; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; LORAZEPAM; THIAMINE;

EID: 84915750646     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra1407298     Document Type: Article

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