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Associated Factors Of Delirium Tremens In The Inpatients Receiving Psychiatric Consultation-Liaison Service For Alcohol-Related Problems, Rasmon Kalayasiri, Pairoj Sareedenchai
Associated Factors Of Delirium Tremens In The Inpatients Receiving Psychiatric Consultation-Liaison Service For Alcohol-Related Problems, Rasmon Kalayasiri, Pairoj Sareedenchai
Chulalongkorn Medical Journal
Background: Alcohol withdrawal delirium or delirium tremens (DTs) is found variably between 3.0 - 48.5% in different settings. Objective: The study aims to investigate the prevalence of DTs in the inpatients of a university hospital who had alcohol use problems and were sent to receive psychiatric consultation-liaison service and to identify related factors for DTs in this cohort. Methods: Demographics, alcohol use variables, and blood chemistry were obtained from fifty-three inpatients with alcohol problems that were sent to receive psychiatric consultation-liaison service at the Department of Psychiatry, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thailand. The severity of alcohol withdrawals and delirium were …