Miller F T
Department of Clinical Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College-The New York Hospital.
J Subst Abuse Treat. 1994 Mar-Apr;11(2):127-30. doi: 10.1016/0740-5472(94)90029-9.
Protracted alcohol withdrawal delirium is infrequent, but when it occurs significant morbidity can be anticipated. In this report, a case of protracted alcohol withdrawal delirium is presented. The patient's course was complicated by intracerebral and subdural hemorrhages, sedative-hypnotic drug synergism resulting in respiratory compromise, the failure of benzodiazepines to prevent delirium or shorten its duration, and the onset of Wernicke's encephalopathy.
