title: [Alcohol intoxication in old age].
abstract: Acute alcohol intoxication occurs in elderly subjects. Drunkenness appears in banal clinical forms in geriatrics: falls, dizziness or confusion. Elderly people are more vulnerable to alcohol and need less alcohol to become intoxicated. Age does not exclude the possibility of receiving alcohol addiction treatment. Broaching the subject with an elderly person, the day after a drunken episode, is useful and recommended.
authors.affiliation: Centre hospitalier de Mâcon, boulevard Louis-Escande, 71018 Mâcon cedex, France; Institut de psychologie, Université Lyon 2, 5 avenue Pierre-Mendès-France, Campus Porte des Alpes, 69500 Bron, France. Electronic address: pamenecier@ch-macon.fr.
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Menecier
authors.affiliation: Centre hospitalier de Mâcon, boulevard Louis-Escande, 71018 Mâcon cedex, France.
authors.forename: Loetita
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rotheval
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans
keywords: acute alcohol intoxication; alcohol; alcool; care; elderly person; intoxication éthylique aiguë; misuse; mésusage; soins; sujet âgé