A strategy of escalating doses of benzodiazepines and phenobarbital administration reduces the need for mechanical ventilation in delirium tremens. [electronic resource]
- Critical care medicine Mar 2007
- 724-30 p. digital
Publication Type: Journal Article
0090-3493
10.1097/01.CCM.0000256841.28351.80 doi
Adult Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium--rehabilitation Cohort Studies Cross Infection--prevention & control Diazepam--administration & dosage Dose-Response Relationship, Drug Drug Therapy, Combination Female Hospitals, Municipal Humans Hypnotics and Sedatives--administration & dosage Intensive Care Units Intubation, Intratracheal Length of Stay Male Middle Aged Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care Phenobarbital--administration & dosage Pneumonia, Bacterial--prevention & control Practice Guidelines as Topic Psychomotor Agitation--prevention & control Respiration, Artificial--statistics & numerical data Retrospective Studies Utilization Review