Therapy of alcohol withdrawal syndrome in intensive care unit patients following trauma: results of a prospective, randomized trial.

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Published in Crit Care Med on March 01, 1996

Authors

C D Spies1, N Dubisz, T Neumann, S Blum, C Müller, H Rommelspacher, G Brummer, M Specht, C Sanft, L Hannemann, H W Striebel, W Schaffartzik

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1: Klinik für Anaesthesiologie und Operative Intensivmedizin, Universitaetsklinikum Benjamin Franklin, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany.

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