Twenty per Hour: Altered Mental State Due to Ethanol Abuse and Withdrawal - 21/08/11
Doi : 10.1016/j.emc.2010.03.006
Henry Z. Pitzele, MD a, b, ⁎ 
, Vaishal M. Tolia, MD, MPH c
, Vaishal M. Tolia, MD, MPH c a Section of Emergency Medicine, Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 820 South Damen Avenue, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
b Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, 808 South Wood Street, Room 471, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
c Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California San Diego, 200 West Arbor Drive, #8676, Room 3-340, San Diego, CA 92103, USA
Corresponding author. Section of Emergency Medicine, Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 820 South Damen Avenue, Chicago, IL 60607.Résumé |
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.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Ethanol intoxication, Ethanol withdrawal, Central nervous system, Altered mental state
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Publié par Elsevier Masson SAS.
Vol 28 - N° 3
P. 683-705 - août 2010 Retour au numéro
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