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Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurosciences, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, and Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. mckeon.andrew@mayo.eduIssue Date
2008-08MeSH
Alcohol Withdrawal DeliriumAlcohol Withdrawal Seizures
Algorithms
Anticonvulsants
Benzodiazepines
Combined Modality Therapy
Comorbidity
Cooperative Behavior
Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry)
Ethanol
Humans
Korsakoff Syndrome
Liver Diseases, Alcoholic
Mass Screening
Mental Disorders
Patient Care Team
Thiamine Deficiency
Wernicke Encephalopathy
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The alcohol withdrawal syndrome. 2008, 79 (8):854-62 J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatr.Journal
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatryDOI
10.1136/jnnp.2007.128322PubMed ID
17986499Additional Links
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17986499Abstract
The alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) is a common management problem in hospital practice for neurologists, psychiatrists and general physicians alike. Although some patients have mild symptoms and may even be managed in the outpatient setting, others have more severe symptoms or a history of adverse outcomes that requires close inpatient supervision and benzodiazepine therapy. Many patients with AWS have multiple management issues (withdrawal symptoms, delirium tremens, the Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, seizures, depression, polysubstance abuse, electrolyte disturbances and liver disease), which requires a coordinated, multidisciplinary approach. Although AWS may be complex, careful evaluation and available treatments should ensure safe detoxification for most patients.Item Type
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1468-330Xae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1136/jnnp.2007.128322
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