Risk Factors Delirium Tremens Developing in Intoxicated Trauma Patient

Purpose: To identify a trauma patient with a positive blood alcohol on admission who is at risk for developing delirium tremens based on the findings of Lukan et al.

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Risk score for development of delirium tremens

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Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Risk Factors
- Screening a Trauma Patient for Risk of Delirium Tremens Using the AST and MCV
Clinical Diagnosis, Including Family History For Genetics
Other Testing
- Subjective Scoring Index Opiate Withdrawal during Naloxone Therapy
- Scoring System Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
Severity, Prognosis, Stage

Therapy

Selection
- Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale (COWS)
Failure Handling And Therapy Escalation
- Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale (COWS)

Monitoring

Response To Therapy
- Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale (COWS)
Adverse Effects
Compliance/adherence
- Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale (COWS)
Disease Progression
- Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale (COWS)
Complication Detection
- Clinical Features of Gabapentin Withdrawal Syndrome

Specialty

Toxicology
Emergency Medicine
Critical Care

Objective

risk factors
selection
adverse effects

ICD-10

F10.1 - Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol, harmful use

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Purpose: To identify a trauma patient with a positive blood alcohol on admission who is at risk for developing delirium tremens based on the findings of Lukan et al.

Specialty: Toxicology, Emergency Medicine, Critical Care

Objective: risk factors, selection, adverse effects

ICD-10: F10.1,

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