Is your medical/surgical patient withdrawing from alcohol?
Look beyond the stereotype. Any hospitalized patient could be dependent on alcohol-and at risk for alcohol withdrawal syndrome.
Lussier-Cushing
Mary
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Psychiatric Nursing Consultation Service at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA, USA.
Repper-DeLisi
Jennifer
J
Mitchell
Monique T
MT
Lakatos
Barbara E
BE
Mahmoud
Fareeda
F
Lipkis-Orlando
Robin
R
D000430:Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D020270:Alcohol Withdrawal Seizures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D004645:Empathy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008487:Medical History Taking / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D018529:Nutritional Support / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D012944:Social Support