Recognition and management of occult alcohol withdrawal.
Many patients experience withdrawal because an acute illness has interrupted their usual alcohol intake. Medical and psychiatric complications of alcoholism may also coexist with withdrawal. Several findings predict the likelihood of seizures of delirium tremens and thus are useful in making initial treatment decisions.
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Boston University School of Medicine, USA.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000430:Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D000431:Ethanol / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012640:Seizures / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013997:Time Factors
D000431:Ethanol