Psychopharmacological management of acute alcohol withdrawal symptoms. A review
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Evidence based medicine suggest that implementations of a clinical protocol for the management of acute alcohol withdrawal symptoms improves patient’s outcome. Clinical guidelines were developed by several institutions mainly to ensure high quality, person centered, and safe management of alcohol withdrawal symptoms with a large variation in the local practice especially in the management of unplanned alcohol withdrawal with regards to the regime, choice of benzodiazepines and appropriate vitamin supplementation. Various health organizations advise integration of training for alcohol withdrawal management. Timely assessments and staff education increase patient monitoring, create a safer and caring environment, reduce the risks including agitation to staff and other patients and enhance the quality of care. This review looked at the various National Health Services Hospitals with guidelines and protocols providing a comprehensive review for the acute management of alcohol withdrawal symptoms.Citation
Mishriky, R., Antoun Reyad, A. and Jishi, A.S. (2020) Psychopharmacological management of acute alcohol withdrawal symptoms. A review, International Journal of Current Medical and Pharmaceutical Research, 6 (5), pp. 5156-5160. DOI: 10.24327/23956429.ijcmpr202005881Publisher
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International Journal of Current Medical and Pharmaceutical ResearchAdditional Links
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© 2020 The Authors. Published by Journalcmpr.com. This is an open access article available under a Creative Commons licence. The published version can be accessed at the following link on the publisher’s website: https://doi.org/10.24327/23956429.ijcmpr202005881ISSN
2395-6429ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.24327/23956429.ijcmpr202005881
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