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Southern medical journal · Apr 1982
ReviewSaturday Conference: stuporous alcoholics: metabolic considerations.
- J R Pierce.
- South. Med. J. 1982 Apr 1;75(4):463-9.
AbstractAlcoholics are predisposed to certain metabolic disorders that cause stupor and coma. These entities include acute ethanol intoxication, ethanol-induced hypoglycemia, alcoholic ketoacidosis, ethylene glycol and methanol intoxications, thiamine deficiency, and hepatic encephalopathy. The recognition and management of these entities and the evaluation of stuporous alcoholics are discussed.
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