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DELIRIUM TREMENS

trēˈmənz, trĕmˈənz, hallucinatory episodes that may occur during withdrawal from chronic alcoholism, popularly known as the DTs. An episode of delirium tremens is usually preceded by disturbed sleep and irritability, and generally takes several days to develop. The patient may experience sweating and increases in heart rate and body temperature, as well as hallucinations, tremors, and convulsions. In severe cases, delirium tremens may lead to hypothermia, cardiovascular collapse, and death. Delirium tremens can be treated, and even prevented, by the injection of fairly large doses of glucose, thiamine (vitamin B₁), and insulin, and the continued administration of fluids (sodium chloride and sodium lactate) and the B vitamins. The condition is related to the abrupt drop in blood alcohol level after drinking ceases. Tranquilizers, sedatives, and anticonvulsants are also used in treatment.

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Ntc's Thematic Dictionary of American Slang
Book by Richard A. Spears; NTC Pub. Group, 1998
Subjects:	Americanisms--Dictionaries, English Language--United States--Slang--Dictionaries, Figures Of Speech--Dictionaries
...really yummy. D Who made this yummy cake? DELIRIUM TREMENS barrel fever n. the delirium tremens. D The old man is down with barrel fever...middle of the night. bats n. the delirium tremens. (Always with the. ) 0 My buddy is shaking...

Drugs and Society - Vol. 1
Book by Marshall Cavendish; Marshall Cavendish Reference, 2006
Subjects:	Drug Abuse, Drugs Of Abuse, Pharmacology
Delirium Tremens Delirium tremens is a potentially fatal form of alcohol withdrawal characterized...and gastritis. Incidence and mortality While estimates vary, delirium tremens affects approximately 5 percent of individuals undergoing withdrawal...

Jazz and Death: Medical Profiles of Jazz Greats
Book by Frederick J. Spencer; University Press of Mississippi, 2002
Subjects:	Jazz Musicians--Death, Jazz Musicians--Health And Hygiene
...few slips, but they were huge. Delirium tremens occurs after drinking is stopped...seizure disorders, and delirium tremens DTs.... The peak inci- dence of this syndrome delirium tremens is 72 to 96 hours after cessa...

What's in a Name? Tales, Historical or Fictitious, about 111 California Gold Belt Place Names
Book by C. M. Goethe, Dr. Jan Mjoen; 1949
Subjects:	California--Gold Discoveries, Names, Geographical--California
DELIRIUM TREMENS At DELIRIUM TREMENS is an old pipeline. Such as these transported water to the headstock...hydraulicking. See Glossary. The power thereof was so great that DELIRIUM TREMENS became a colossal gash, tawny against the background of green...

The Psychodynamics of Abnormal Behavior
Book by J. F. Brown, Karl A. Menninger; McGraw-Hill, 1940
Subjects:	Psychology, Pathological
...specific alcoholic psychoses are delirium tremens , Korsakows psychosis , and acute alcoholic hallucinosis . Delirium tremens represents an acute delirium with...is similar to that of delirium tremens, with the exception that systematized...

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The Role of Amino-Acid Transmitters in the Pathogenesis of Delirium Tremens: A Brief Report
Journal article by Nadir N. Aliyev, Zafar N. Aliyev; Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Vol. 63, 2002
Subjects:	Alcoholism--Diagnosis, Alcoholism--Physiological aspects, Amino acids--Physiological aspects, Delirium tremens--Physiological aspects, Neurotransmitters--Physiological aspects
...amino-acid transmitters in the pathogenesis of delirium tremens: a brief report. by Nadir N. Aliyev , Zafar N...patients with severe withdrawal, referred to as delirium tremens (DTs); 20 individuals with an alcohol withdrawal...

Spectacles of Insanity: the Delirium Tremens on the Antebellum Stage
Journal article by Amy E. Hughes; The Journal of American Drama and Theatre, Vol. 22, 2010
Subjects:	Dramatists, Smith, W H (1825-91), Theater, Theater criticism
Spectacles of Insanity: the Delirium Tremens on the Antebellum Stage by Amy...multiple contexts. The delirium tremens scene in temperance melodrama...Reenactments of the delirium tremens (DTs) posed a striking, spectacular...

Polymorphisms of the CCK, CCKAR and CCKBR Genes: An Association with Alcoholism Study(*)
Journal article by Takehito Okubo, Shoji Harada; Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Vol. 62, 2001
Subjects:	Alcoholism--Genetic aspects, Central nervous system--Physiological aspects, Cholecystokinin--Genetic aspects, Dopamine--Physiological aspects, Dopaminergic mechanisms--Genetic aspects, Genetic polymorphisms--Physiological aspects
...withdrawal symptoms (delirium tremens, hallucinations and...detected between the delirium tremens positive group...experiencing delirium tremens and hallucinations...the patients without delirium tremens, hallucinations or...

Heredity and Alcoholism in the Medical Sphere: the Netherlands, 1850-1900
Journal article by Stephen Snelders, Frans J. Meijman, Toine Pieters; Medical History, Vol. 51, 2007
...in different forms: directly as delirium tremens and periodic bouts of alcohol abuse...patient with alcoholism resulting in delirium tremens: "a gentle course of...especially to combat the effects of delirium tremens. In the 1850s, opium...

An Item Response Analysis of the Alcohol Dependence Scale in Treatment-Seeking Alcoholics *
Journal article by Christopher W. Kahler, David R. Strong, Jumi Hayaki, Susan E. Ramsey, Richard A. Brown; Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Vol. 64, 2003
Subjects:	Alcoholics--Care and treatment, Alcoholism--Research
...shakes when sobering up), 5 (delirium tremens), 11 (keeping a bottle close...by the scale. Items regarding delirium tremens (Item 5), visual hallucinations...g., autonomic hyperactivity, delirium tremens and hallucinations) that...

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Taser Tactical Conference
Magazine article; Law & Order, Vol. 55, October 2007
Subjects:	Conferences, Injuries, Law enforcement, Police, Studies, Temperature
...planned for early 2008. Excited Delirium Dr. James Cairns, deputy chief...briefed the attendees on Excited Delirium. This is a medical condition...signs and symptoms of Excited Delirium (delirium tremens) are similar to being drunk...

Whispering Wings - A Personal Meeting with Angels
Magazine article by Ron Potts; World and I, Vol. 18, April 2003
Subjects:	Mentally ill persons--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Mentally ill persons--Personal narratives, Mentally ill--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Mentally ill--Personal narratives
...claim. Start detoxing and youre liable to run into delirium tremens. The only thing thats gonna calm you down is another...could very well have died on both occasions--from delirium tremens on the frozen street, or sunstroke in the desert...

A Pilgrim's Progress
Magazine article by Bill Croke; The American Spectator, Vol. 31, January 1998
Subjects:	Culture, History, Ireland, Social conditions & trends, Travel
...thirteen, I remember buying the first one myself). I greeted a bleak morning on the edge of walking pneumonia and delirium tremens, and endured Father Als fourteenth or fifteenth Mass of our holiday. He was not amused by these nocturnal shenanigans...

A Violent Birth: Disorder, Crime, and Law Enforcement, 1849-1890
Magazine article by Roger D. Mcgrath; California History, Winter 2003
Subjects:	California--History, Gold miners--Crimes against, Prospecting--History, Robbery--History, Vigilantes--History
...year he fought a duel in Austin, Nevada. Mulligans end was characteristically violent. Evidently suffering from delirium tremens, he imagined vigilantes were pursuing him and got into a wild gun battle. He killed two men before he himself was...

Alcohol Screening in General Health: Good News for Treatment
Magazine article by Ronald F. Pike; Addiction Professional, Vol. 6, July 2008
...and address the unique psychosocial and medical needs of patients, such as the risk of withdrawal, seizures and delirium tremens, and complications due to co-occurring disorders. The treatment recommendations for alcohol-dependent individuals...

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Persia Anchors with Immigrants
Newspaper article; The Observer (Gladstone, Australia), June 29, 2011
Subjects:	Immigrants
...its effects. The racing commenced at 11 oclock. Delirium tremens A GLOOM has been cast over our usually very quiet...Arthur, had cut his throat while suffering from delirium tremens, the effects of intemperance. The Rev J Sutton...

Absence of Absinthe
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 28, 2009
...establish a particular absinthe effect that wasnt in other forms of alcohol, and suggested that the delirium it induced was different from delirium tremens experienced in alcoholism. The cause was isolated to a chemical in wormwood called thujone...

Here's to Absinthe Friends; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 28, 2009
...a particular absinthe effect which wasnt in other forms of alcohol, and suggested that the delirium it induced was different from the delirium tremens experienced in standard alcoholism. The cause was isolated to a chemical in wormwood called...

Prison Slammed by Inquest Jury
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), September 5, 2009
Subjects:	Prisons--Investigations
...prisons health care centre. The jury said training into delirium tremens was inadequate, as was liaison with outside agencies...had an earlier diagnosis of a continuing condition of delirium been made." Sean Horstead, representing Mr Taylors...

Beating the Booze
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), April 18, 2005
...begins with feelings of panic and discomfort, then the sweats. These lead to fits which in turn become delirium tremens or DTs - violent delirium with hallucinations. At this stage alcoholic psychosis sets in leaving the sufferer confused and disorientated...

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encyclopedia articles on: Delirium Tremens - 5 results

Delirium Tremens
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
DELIRIUM TREMENS tre m nz, trem nz, hallucinatory episodes...known as the DTs. An episode of delirium tremens is usually preceded by disturbed sleep...convulsions. In severe cases, delirium tremens may lead to hypothermia, cardiovascular...

Scopolamine
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...characterized by restlessness and agitation, e.g., delirium tremens, psychosis, mania, and Parkinsonism. When combined...considered too dangerous. Overdosage of scopolamine causes delirium, delusions, paralysis, and stupor. The alkaloid...

Paraldehyde
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...to 12 hr. with little or no muscle, heart, or respiratory depression. It is often given to alcoholics having delirium tremens, to induce sleep, and is also used to calm psychiatric patients. Like alcohol and other depressants it is addictive...

Alcoholism
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...cause death than withdrawal from narcotic drugs. The final and most dangerous phase in this withdrawal pattern is delirium tremens , a toxic psychosis characterized by insomnia, hallucinations, seizures, and maniacal behavior. Treatment The...

Hallucination
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...during withdrawal from various drugs, particularly depressants such as barbiturates, heroin, and alcohol (see delirium tremens ), and under the influence of hallucinogenic drugs such as LSD , mescaline, and psylocybin. Hallucinations may...

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