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. 1989 Sep;50(5):414-21.
doi: 10.15288/jsa.1989.50.414.

Alcohol withdrawal in the elderly

B I Liskow  1 , C Rinck, J Campbell, C DeSouza
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Alcohol withdrawal in the elderly

B I Liskow et al. J Stud Alcohol. 1989 Sep.

Abstract

The phenomenon of alcohol withdrawal has seldom been studied in subgroups of patients in withdrawal. We developed a rating scale for measuring alcohol withdrawal that we found to be reliable and valid. The scale, when applied to young (ages 21-33, N = 24) and elderly (ages 58-77, N = 26) groups of patients in alcohol withdrawal, indicated that the elderly group initially had a more severe withdrawal for which they received higher doses of chlordiazepoxide.

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