CanadiEM - By Shahbaz Syed - May 17, 2016
"The intoxicated patient is commonplace in the Emergency Department (ED), typically there is little clinical concern with these patients, and they are set up for the “breakfast plan”; to discharge them home once they are conversing and ambulating normally. These patients, however, have the potential to have significant alcohol related diseases are often under-diagnosed and under-recognized, and we seek to discuss when the ED physician should investigate these patients further.
- Alcoholic Ketoacidosis
- Wernicke’s and Korsakoff Syndromes
- Vitamin B12 / Folate Deficiency"