Case 13-2019: A 54-Year-Old Man with Alcohol Withdrawal and Altered Mental Status

N Engl J Med. 2019 Apr 25;380(17):1657-1665. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcpc1900591.

Authors

Andrew Z Fenves¹, Amirkasra Mojtahed¹, Mladen Nisavic¹, Lucas R Massoth¹

Affiliation

¹ From the Departments of Medicine (A.Z.F.), Radiology (A.M.), Psychiatry (M.N.), and Pathology (L.R.M.), Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Departments of Medicine (A.Z.F.), Radiology (A.M.), Psychiatry (M.N.), and Pathology (L.R.M.), Harvard Medical School - both in Boston.

PMID: 31018073
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc1900591

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Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

2-Propanol / chemistry
2-Propanol / metabolism
2-Propanol / poisoning*
Acetone / metabolism
Acid-Base Equilibrium
Acidosis / chemically induced
Acidosis / diagnosis*
Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium / drug therapy
Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium / psychology*
Alcoholism / complications*
Diagnosis, Differential
Ethanol / blood
Hand Sanitizers / adverse effects*
Humans
Ill-Housed Persons
Male
Middle Aged
Phenobarbital / therapeutic use
Poisoning / diagnosis
Radiography, Abdominal
Tachycardia / chemically induced
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Hand Sanitizers
Acetone
Ethanol
2-Propanol
Phenobarbital