Most clinicians in general medical inpatient settings readily recognize the signs and symptoms of clinical hypothyroidism as well as the syn- drome of alcohol withdrawal delirium. The purpose of this report is to present and discuss an instructive case in which the autonomic signs and symptoms of ...
A total of 508 patients who received phenobarbital and/or lorazepam in the ICU at Cleveland Clinic hospitals from August 2013 to August 2018 were screened for inclusion. Out of the 288 patients who received phenobarbital in the ICU, 41 received phenobarbital for alcohol withdrawal. Among the pheno...
A symptom-triggered lorazepam regimen is the standard for treating alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) in an inpatient setting. However, in severe AWS, lorazepam requirements can reach significant amounts and lead to risk of delirium and propylene glycol toxicity. Phenobarbital has been shown to be an...
In a double-blind study, researchers gave the drug prazosin or a placebo to 100 people entering outpatient treatment after being diagnosed with alcohol use disorder. All of the patients had experienced varying degrees of withdrawal symptoms prior to entering treatment. According to the researchers, s...
When a patient with chronic alcohol use abruptly stops drinking The article describes the case of a 49-year old man with chronic alcohol use and demonstrated severe alcohol withdrawal symptoms after he abruptly stopped ... JA Barrett - 《Current Psychiatry》 被引量: 0发表: 2023年 ...
Wong A; Smithburger PL; Kane-Gill SL.Review of ad- junctive dexmedetomidine in the management of severe a- cute alcohol withdrawal syndrome.Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse.2015.382-391Wong A, Smithburger PL, Kane -Gill SL. Review of ad- junctive dexmedetomidine in the management of severe a- cute...
Acute withdrawal of GHB often presents with psychotic symptoms or those of acute alcohol withdrawal [ 1 ] [ 4 ] [ 7 ] [ 9 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ], and following this these patients suffering from acute GHB/GBL or 1,4-BD withdrawal are likely to present in psychiatric inpatient units, ...
Introduction: The incidence of alcohol withdrawal that persists despite aggressive benzodiazepine therapy, labeled resistant alcohol withdrawal (RAW), is widely unknown. To date, studies describing this special population have had limited sample sizes. Patients diagnosed with RAW have higher rates of intub...
Frequency not reported: Aggression, delayed orgasm, increased dreaming, intense dreams, nightmares, other sleep disorders, self-harm, sleep disturbances, suicidal behaviors, vivid dreams, withdrawal symptoms Postmarketing reports: Catatonia, confusional state, panic, paranoia, psychotic disorder[Ref]Dermatol...
During clinical trials, tolerance development was mild and the reports of a withdrawal syndrome were rare. Symptoms of a withdrawal syndrome have included: panic attacks, severe anxiety, hallucinations, paraesthesias, tinnitus and unusual CNS symptoms (i.e. confusion, delusions, personalization, de...