Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome - a retrospective study

• Autor(a) principal: Marques, Paulo P.
• Data de Publicação: 2001
• Outros Autores: Namora, João, de Carvalho, Álvaro
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://revista.spmi.pt/index.php/rpmi/article/view/1913
• topic: síndroma de abstinência; álcool; estudo retrospectivo; alcohol withdrawal syndrome; alcohol; retrospective study

Alcohol consumption in our country remains high,with effects in different health areas, namely at the in-patient level. In this article we aimed to study thenatural history of alcohol withdrawal syndrome, the different therapeutic approaches and the referencestrategies after discharge. In order to do so, aretrospective study was performed and 81 in-patientswith the diagnosis (primary or secondary) of alcoholwithdrawal syndrome were studied. The most frequentcomplications encountered were rhabdomyolysis (51%)and seizures (39%). The drugs most often usedtherapeutically were neuroleptics and benzodiazepines.After discharge, there was no patient referral or follow-up in half of the cases. We concluded that alcoholwithdrawal syndrome is a frequent diagnosis and thereis a need for the implementation of therapeuticprotocols and better follow-up after discharge, if wewant to change the natural history of this disease.