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Elderly patient in the coronary care unit, not on lidocaine or an H2 blocker, with an acute change in mental status | ||
| Differential Diagnosis | [Top] [Nav] | |
ethanol intoxication, Wernicke encephalopathy | ||
| Discussion -- not available online | [Top] [Nav] | |
| Footnotes in Print Edition | [Top] [Nav] |
| (1) | "Cocktail"-coronary care [letter]. Daly TJ, Camann WR, et al. N Engl J Med 1984 Apr 26;310(17):1123. Pubmed Similars | |
| (2) | Ethanol intoxication complicating intravenous nitroglycerin therapy. Shook TL, Kirshenbaum JM, et al. Ann Intern Med 1984 Oct;101(4):498-9. Pubmed Similars | |
| (3) | Intravenous nitroglycerin and ethanol intoxication [letter]. Korn SH, Comer JB. Ann Intern Med 1985 Feb;102(2):274. Pubmed Similars | |
| (4) | Acute Wernicke's encephalopathy after intravenous infusion of high-dose nitroglycerin. Shorey J, Bhardwaj N, et al. Ann Intern Med 1984 Oct;101(4):500. Pubmed Similars | |
| (5) | Wernicke's encephalopathy and high-dose nitroglycerin [letter]. Nadel AM. Ann Intern Med 1985 Jan;102(1):134. Pubmed Similars | |
| (-) | Acute gouty arthritis and intravenous nitroglycerin. Shergy WJ, Gilkeson GS, et al. Arch Intern Med 1988 Nov;148(11):2505-6. Pubmed+Abstract Similars |
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