Outpatient detoxification of the addicted or alcoholic patient.

Autor: Prater CD; Department of Family Medicine at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Chattanooga 37403, USA., Miller KE, Zylstra RG
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: American family physician [Am Fam Physician] 1999 Sep 15; Vol. 60 (4), pp. 1175-83.
Abstrakt: Outpatient detoxification of patients with alcohol or other drug addiction is being increasingly undertaken. This type of management is appropriate for patients in stage I or stage II of withdrawal who have no significant comorbid conditions and have a support person willing to monitor their progress. Adequate dosages of appropriate substitute medications are important for successful detoxification. In addition, comorbid psychiatric, personality and medical disorders must be managed, and social and environmental concerns need to be addressed. By providing supportive, nonjudgmental, yet assertive care, the family physician can facilitate the best possible chance for a patient's successful recovery.
Databáze: MEDLINE