SMJ articles in the category "benzodiazepines"

Original Article

Fixed-Dose Phenobarbital Versus As-Needed Benzodiazepines for the Management of Alcohol Withdrawal in Acute Care General Internal Medicine

Objectives: The management of patients at risk of severe alcohol withdrawal is challenging because conventional treatment with as-needed benzodiazepines may be ineffective. We created a fixed-dose phenobarbital protocol and compared patient outcomes using this protocol with an as-needed benzodiazepine protocol. Methods: Patients admitted from the emergency department (ED) to General…

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Original Article

Impact of Benzodiazepine Use on Length of Stay and 30-Day ED Visits among Hospitalized Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients

Objectives: This study assesses the impact of benzodiazepine (BNZ) use on length of stay (LOS) and 30-day emergency department (ED) visits after hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT). Methods: Adult patients (18 years and older) who underwent an allogeneic or an autologous HSCT from 2015 to 2018 at the study site…

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Case Report

Electroconvulsive Therapy for Malignant Catatonia in Adolescence

Abstract:Malignant catatonia is a severe form of catatonia which is acute in onset, and is systemically devastating, as it is associated with fever and autonomic instability. Although rarely described in children and adolescents, malignant catatonia should feature prominently in the differential diagnosis of acute pediatric encephalopathies, as it is a…

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Case Report

Capgras Syndrome Related to Diazepam Treatment

Capgras syndrome, the delusion that identical-appearing impostors have replaced familiar people, is an unusual phenomenon usually seen in schizophrenia or dementia. We recently cared for a 78 year old man who seemed to develop Capgras syndrome as an adverse reaction to diazepam. An iatrogenic cause should be considered in the…

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