Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine Albany Medical Center Albany, New York
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Alcohol withdrawal is as old as the existence of alcohol; yet despite the millenia of experience, managing delirium tremens can be incredibly difficult in the ED. This monumental task is made even harder in the current era of generic drug shortages. This talk will teach you how to a strategy centered on phenobarbital and other older, readily available drugs that are highly effective and simple to use in your next delirium tremens case.
Learning Objectives:
Discuss the pros, cons, and evidence behind the use of phenobarbital in delirium tremens
Assess the role of empiric baclofen in suspected delirium tremens
Discuss the pros, cons, and evidence behind the use of phenobarbital in delirium tremens