Delirium tremens: early diagnosis and intensive care guidelines. Review

Abstract

Alcoholic delirium is a formidable complication of severe alcohol withdrawal syndrome. It is often formed in patients of hospitals and departments of anesthesiology and intensive care, as a result of the forced cessation of alcohol consumption. Its formation is associated with an increase in the length of hospital stay and mortality. The review discusses modern approaches to the diagnosis, especially early, of this condition, its intensive care and methods of non-drug correction.