Etiologies of altered mental status in patients with presumed ethanol intoxication
Etiologies of altered mental status in patients with presumed ethanol intoxication Martel, Marc L.; Klein, Lauren R.; Lichtenheld, Andrew J.; Kerandi, Allan M.; Driver, Brian E.; Cole, Jon B. 2018-06-01 00:00:00 BackgroundAltered mental status is a commonly evaluated problem in the ED. Ethanol intoxication is common, and prehospital history may bias emergency physicians to suspect this as the cause of altered mental status. Quantitative ethanol measurement can rapidly confirm the diagnosis, or if negative, prompt further evaluation. Our objective was to identify the etiologies of altered mental status in ED patients initially presumed to be intoxicated with ethanol but found to have negative quantitative ethanol levels. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Journal of Emergency Medicine Elsevier http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/elsevier/etiologies-of-altered-mental-status-in-patients-with-presumed-ethanol-mJ4Nm6gozx
Martel, Marc L.; Klein, Lauren R.; Lichtenheld, Andrew J.; Kerandi, Allan M.; Driver, Brian E.; Cole, Jon B.
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine
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BackgroundAltered mental status is a commonly evaluated problem in the ED. Ethanol intoxication is common, and prehospital history may bias emergency physicians to suspect this as the cause of altered mental status. Quantitative ethanol measurement can rapidly confirm the diagnosis, or if negative, prompt further evaluation. Our objective was to identify the etiologies of altered mental status in ED patients initially presumed to be intoxicated with ethanol but found to have negative quantitative ethanol levels.
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Martel, M., Klein, L., Lichtenheld, A., Kerandi, A., Driver, B., & Cole, J. (2018). Etiologies of altered mental status in patients with presumed ethanol intoxication. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 36(6), 1057-1059.
Martel, Marc L., Lauren R. Klein, Andrew J. Lichtenheld, Allan M. Kerandi, Brian E. Driver, and Jon B. Cole. "Etiologies of altered mental status in patients with presumed ethanol intoxication." The American Journal of Emergency Medicine 36.6 (2018): 1057-1059.