Twenty per hour: altered mental state due to ethanol abuse and withdrawal.
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.
Pitzele
Henry Z
HZ
Section of Emergency Medicine, Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 820 South Damen Avenue, Chicago, IL 60607, USA. Henry.Pitzele@va.gov
Tolia
Vaishal M
VM
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
D000431:Ethanol