Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry 2008;79:854-862
REVIEW
The alcohol withdrawal syndrome
1 Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurosciences, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, and Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
2 Department of Psychiatry, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Andrew McKeon, Department of Neurology, Gonda 8 South, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st St Sw, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; mckeon.andrew{at}mayo.edu
The alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) is a common management problem in hospital practice for neurologists, psychiatrists and general physicians alike. Although some patients have mild symptoms and may even be managed in the outpatient setting, others have more severe symptoms or a history of adverse outcomes that requires close inpatient supervision and benzodiazepine therapy. Many patients with AWS have multiple management issues (withdrawal symptoms, delirium tremens, the Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome, seizures, depression, polysubstance abuse, electrolyte disturbances and liver disease), which requires a coordinated, multidisciplinary approach. Although AWS may be complex, careful evaluation and available treatments should ensure safe detoxification for most patients.
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