Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome

Alcohol Withdrawa Syndrome RACTE 17 MILLION PEOPLE WITH AUD (ALCOHOL USE DISORDER) 85,000 PEOPLE DIE FROM ALCOHOL RELATED CAUSES IN THE U.S. (NIAAA) 500,000 EPIDODES OF WITHDRAWAL R EQUIRING MEDICATION PER YEAR 15-36% PEOPLE ADMITTED TO HOSPITALS HAVE AUDS 8% GENERAL HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS GET WITHDRAWAL 16% POST SURGIÇAL PATIENTS GET WITHDRAWAL RARQUSAL SYMPTOMS APPEAR WITHIN 6-36 HOURS OF LAST DRINK • 13-71 % OF ALCOHOL DEPENDENT PATIENTS EXPERIENCE SYMPTOMS CAUSED BY AUTONOMIC HYPERACTIVITY LALLIE OCCUR WITHIN 12-48 HOURS OF LAST DRINK 3-10% PEOPLE IN WITHDRAWAL DEVELOP HALLUCINATIONS DURATION VARIES USUALLY VISUAL (PINK ELEPHANTS OCCASIONALLY AUDITORY, TACTILE (FORNICATION), OR OLFACTORY OCCURS WITHIN 6-48 HOURS OF LAST DRINK 3-15% OF UNTREATED SUFFER GRAND MAL SEIZURES RISH INCREASED BY DURATION OF ALCOHOL ABUSE 40% ARE SINGLE, (HOME ALONE) 30% OF UNTREATED GO ON TO DELIRIUM TREMENS (IDTS) BEGINS 3-5 DAYS AFTER LAST DRINK OCCURS IN LESS THAN 5% OF WITHDRAWAL MARKED BY DISORIENTATION AND GLOBAL CONFUSION MORTALITY 2-10% • DEATH-CARDIOVASCULAR, METABOLIC, OR INFECTION TREATI REDUCE SYMPTOMS PREVENT SEIZURES PREVENT DELIRIUM TREMENS PREVENT MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS Taken from: http://www.acpon line.org/about_acp/chapters/mt/bsky12_kronen berger.pdf NIAAA Raging Alcoh olic