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Delirium tremens
Delirium tremens: Introduction
Delirium tremens: Delirium from alcohol withdrawal. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Delirium tremens is available below.
Symptoms of Delirium tremens
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Delirium tremens: Complications
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Medical Textbooks Online about Delirium tremens
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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Delirium tremens: Rare Types
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Causes of Delirium tremens
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News Archives for Delirium tremens
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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Delirium tremens
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- Comparison of intravenous ethanol versus diazepam for alcohol withdrawal prophylaxis in the trauma ICU: results of a randomized trial
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Definitions of Delirium tremens:
An acute organic mental disorder induced by cessation or reduction in chronic alcohol consumption. Clinical characteristics include CONFUSION; DELUSIONS; vivid HALLUCINATIONS; TREMOR; agitation; insomnia; and signs of autonomic hyperactivity (e.g., elevated blood pressure and heart rate, dilated pupils, and diaphoresis). This condition may occasionally be fatal. It was formerly called delirium tremens. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1175) - (Source - Diseases Database)
Acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning - (Source - WordNet 2.1)
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- External links relating to Delirium tremens
- DELIRIUM (Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs)
- DEMENTIA (Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs)
- HALLUCINATIONS (Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs)
- Delirium (In a Page: Signs and Symptoms)
- Dementia (In a Page: Signs and Symptoms)
- Hallucinations (In a Page: Signs and Symptoms)
- Delirium (In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms)
- Hallucinations (In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms)
- DELIRIUM (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- HALLUCINATIONS (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- MEMORY LOSS AND DEMENTIA (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- Level of consciousness, decreased (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
- Agitation (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
- Confusion (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
- Dementia* (A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis)
- Alcohol-related disorder (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Level of consciousness, decreased (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Agitation (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Confusion (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Confusion (The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter)
- Delirium (The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter)
- Dementia (The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter)
- Dementia (Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis)
- Delirium/Hallucinations (Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis)
- Level of consciousness, decreased (Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series)
- Level of consciousness, decreased (Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses)
- Agitation (Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses)
- Confusion (Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses)
- Level of consciousness, decreased (Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
- Agitation (Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
- Confusion (Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
- HALLUCINATIONS (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- MEMORY LOSS AND DEMENTIA (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- DELIRIUM (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- Acute Drug Withdrawal (The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult)
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