title: Twenty per hour: altered mental state due to ethanol abuse and withdrawal.
abstract: This article discusses the physiology and clinical syndromes involved in ethanol absorption, intoxication, and withdrawal, with special emphasis on the evidentiary backing for common treatments, as well as some discussion of the medicolegal sequelae of treatment of ethanol abusers in the emergency department.
authors: Section of Emergency Medicine, Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 820 South Damen Avenue, Chicago, IL 60607, USA. Henry.Pitzele@va.gov
authors: Henry Z
authors: HZ
authors: Pitzele
authors: Vaishal M
authors: VM
authors: Tolia
mesh_terms: D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D003244:Consciousness Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D000431:Ethanol / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D010351:Patient Discharge; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol