title: Alcohol abuse, anaesthesia, and intensive care.
abstract: The biochemistry, pharmaco-kinetics, and pathophysiology of alcohol and alcoholism are reviewed and approaches to the clinical management of coma, alcohol withdrawal, and anaesthesin are considered.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D002310:Cardiomyopathy, Alcoholic; D002648:Child; D003128:Coma / Q000209:etiology; D003422:Critical Care; D004347:Drug Interactions; D004361:Drug Tolerance; D004630:Emergencies; D000431:Ethanol / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol