Biochemical Predictors of Delirium Tremens in Patients in Alcohol Withdrawal
| Autor: | Devavrat G Harshe, Aparna Ramakrishnan, Shruti Kirti Rai, Amulya Shetty, Omkar S Mate, Sanjiv Kale, Rashmin Cholera, Anjali Karira |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Delirium tremens education.field_of_study business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Population Alcohol detoxification Alcohol General Medicine Wbc count medicine.disease Surgery chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Internal medicine mental disorders medicine Delirium In patient medicine.symptom education business Blood parameters |
| Zdroj: | Alcohol and Alcoholism. 49:227-227 |
| ISSN: | 1464-3502 0735-0414 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/alcalc/agt137 |
| Popis: | Aims: To study whether routine blood parameters in patients with alcohol syndrome predict the risk of developing delirium tremens. Methods: Biochemical parameters were collected and analysed in 212 patients attending a psychiatry department for inpatient alcohol detoxification treatment. Results: Differences between those who did, and did not, develop delirium were observed in baseline platelet count (131 ± 53 versus 270 ± 83 × 109/l, t = −10.013, P 75 U/l, and total WBC count |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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