Alcoholic metabolic emergencies.
Ethanol intoxication and ethanol use are associated with a variety of metabolic derangements encountered in the Emergency Department. In this article, the authors discuss alcohol intoxication and its treatment, dispel the myth that alcohol intoxication is associated with hypoglycemia, comment on electrolyte derangements and their management, review alcoholic ketoacidosis, and end with a section on alcoholic encephalopathy.
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 110 South Paca Street, 2nd Floor, Baltimore, MD, USA; Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 110 South Paca Street, 6th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
Michael G
MG
Allison
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 110 South Paca Street, 2nd Floor, Baltimore, MD, USA; Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 110 South Paca Street, 6th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. Electronic address: drmccurdy@gmail.com.
Michael T
MT
McCurdy
D000138:Acidosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D000425:Alcohol Amnestic Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000378:metabolism; D004630:Emergencies; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D015994:Incidence; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate / Q000639:trends
Alcohol encephalopathy; Alcoholic ketoacidosis; Beer potomania; Ethanol intoxication; Korsakoff syndrome; Wernicke encephalopathy