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A Case of Alcohol Withdrawal Requiring 1,600 mg of Lorazepam in 24 Hours

Published:2009-07 Issue:7 Volume:14 Page:385-389
ISSN:1092-8529
Container-title:CNS Spectrums
language:en
Short-container-title:CNS spectr.

Author:

Kahn Debra R.,Barnhorst Amy V.,Bourgeois James A.

Abstract

ABSTRACTAlcohol withdrawal continues to present significant morbidity and mortality in hospitalized medical/surgical patients. The authors present a case of a patient with delirium tremens requiring up to 1,600 mg/day of lorazepam and discuss alternative treatments for alcohol withdrawal.

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Subject

Psychiatry and Mental health,Clinical Neurology

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