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Acute Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome in a Newborn

Acute Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome in a Newborn Abstract THE ACUTE ALCOHOL withdrawal syndrome (delirium tremens)aiult was described in the early 19th cen19th recognized to be associated with heavy with heavy alcohol consumption.1 experimentally by saturating humans with alcohol for 48 days and by sudden 8 ays and byny excellent reviews of the syndrome and its treatment are found in the literature, but very little is said of its occurrence in newborn infants. ence in and rn infant. R state they have recognized no effect on the fetus in maternal withdrawal of alcohol. l wit refers to symptoms resembling s to symptowithdrawal "in infants of mothers who are excessively alcoholic," and in 1962, alcoholic, reported a case of alcohol porte a case yndrome in a newborn Yukon dro e which was very similar to this case ery port. Report of a Casr A white female infant (UH# white fem weighing 2,640 gm (5 lb 13 oz) was delivered References 1. Tavel, M.; Davidson, W.; and Batterton, T.D.: A Critical Analysis of Mortality Associated With Delirium Tremens , Amer J Med Sci 242:18, 1961.Crossref 2. Isbell, H., et al: An Experimental Study of the Etiology of "Rum Fits" and Delirium Tremens , Quart J Stud Alcohol 16:1, 1955. 3. Rovinsky, J.J., and Guttmacher, A.F.: Medical, Surgical, and Gynecologic Complications of Pregnancy , ed 2, Baltimore: The Williams & Wilkins Company, 1965, p 469. 4. Ford, F.R.: Diseases of the Nervous System in Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence , Springfield, Ill: Charles C Thomas, Publishers, 1960, p 1097. 5. Schaeffer, D.: Alcohol Withdrawl Syndrome in a Newborn Infant of a Yukon Indian Mother , Canad Med Assoc J 87:1333, 1962. 6. Cutshall, B.J.: The Saunders-Sutton Syndrome: An Analysis of Delirium Tremens , Quart J Stud Alcohol 26:423, 1965. 7. Chapman, E.R., and Williams, P.T., Jr.: Intravenous Alcohol as an Obstetrical Analgesia , Amer J Obstet Gynec 61:676, 1951. 8. Hoagland, R.J.: Treatment of Delirium Tremens , Southern Med J 59:1041, 1966.Crossref 9. Short, M.J., and Moore, W.J.: Treatment of Alcoholic Withdrawal States With Chlordiazepoxide , Milit Med 130:1203, 1965. 10. Glatt, M.M.; George, H.R.; and Frisch, E.P.: Treatment of Alcoholic Withdrawal Symptoms , Brit Med J 2:1308, 1965.Crossref 11. Thomas, D.W., and Freedman, D.X.: Treatment of the Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome , JAMA 188:244, 1964. 12. Hill, R.M., and Desmond, M.M.: Management of the Narcotic Withdrawal Syndrome in the Neonate , Pediat Clin N Amer 10:67, 1963. 13. Mendelson, J.H.: The Determination of Exchangeable Magnesium in Alcoholic Patients , Metabolism 14:88, 1965.Crossref 14. Cummins, L.H.: Hypoglycemia and Convulsions in Children Following Alcohol Ingestion , J Pediat 58:23, 1955.Crossref 15. Ingestion, Pediat Clin N Amer 12:423, 1965. 16. Halvorsen, M.H.: Prevention of Delirium Tremens , JAMA 192:1013, 1965.Crossref 17. Block, M.A.: Delirium Tremens , LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, JAMA 192:1014, 1965.Crossref http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Diseases of Children American Medical Association

Acute Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome in a Newborn

American Journal of Diseases of Children , Volume 113 (6) – Jun 1, 1967

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Abstract

Abstract THE ACUTE ALCOHOL withdrawal syndrome (delirium tremens)aiult was described in the early 19th cen19th recognized to be associated with heavy with heavy alcohol consumption.1 experimentally by saturating humans with alcohol for 48 days and by sudden 8 ays and byny excellent reviews of the syndrome and its treatment are found in the literature, but very little is said of its occurrence in newborn infants. ence in and rn infant. R state they have recognized no effect on the fetus in maternal withdrawal of alcohol. l wit refers to symptoms resembling s to symptowithdrawal "in infants of mothers who are excessively alcoholic," and in 1962, alcoholic, reported a case of alcohol porte a case yndrome in a newborn Yukon dro e which was very similar to this case ery port. Report of a Casr A white female infant (UH# white fem weighing 2,640 gm (5 lb 13 oz) was delivered References 1. Tavel, M.; Davidson, W.; and Batterton, T.D.: A Critical Analysis of Mortality Associated With Delirium Tremens , Amer J Med Sci 242:18, 1961.Crossref 2. Isbell, H., et al: An Experimental Study of the Etiology of "Rum Fits" and Delirium Tremens , Quart J Stud Alcohol 16:1, 1955. 3. Rovinsky, J.J., and Guttmacher, A.F.: Medical, Surgical, and Gynecologic Complications of Pregnancy , ed 2, Baltimore: The Williams & Wilkins Company, 1965, p 469. 4. Ford, F.R.: Diseases of the Nervous System in Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence , Springfield, Ill: Charles C Thomas, Publishers, 1960, p 1097. 5. Schaeffer, D.: Alcohol Withdrawl Syndrome in a Newborn Infant of a Yukon Indian Mother , Canad Med Assoc J 87:1333, 1962. 6. Cutshall, B.J.: The Saunders-Sutton Syndrome: An Analysis of Delirium Tremens , Quart J Stud Alcohol 26:423, 1965. 7. Chapman, E.R., and Williams, P.T., Jr.: Intravenous Alcohol as an Obstetrical Analgesia , Amer J Obstet Gynec 61:676, 1951. 8. Hoagland, R.J.: Treatment of Delirium Tremens , Southern Med J 59:1041, 1966.Crossref 9. Short, M.J., and Moore, W.J.: Treatment of Alcoholic Withdrawal States With Chlordiazepoxide , Milit Med 130:1203, 1965. 10. Glatt, M.M.; George, H.R.; and Frisch, E.P.: Treatment of Alcoholic Withdrawal Symptoms , Brit Med J 2:1308, 1965.Crossref 11. Thomas, D.W., and Freedman, D.X.: Treatment of the Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome , JAMA 188:244, 1964. 12. Hill, R.M., and Desmond, M.M.: Management of the Narcotic Withdrawal Syndrome in the Neonate , Pediat Clin N Amer 10:67, 1963. 13. Mendelson, J.H.: The Determination of Exchangeable Magnesium in Alcoholic Patients , Metabolism 14:88, 1965.Crossref 14. Cummins, L.H.: Hypoglycemia and Convulsions in Children Following Alcohol Ingestion , J Pediat 58:23, 1955.Crossref 15. Ingestion, Pediat Clin N Amer 12:423, 1965. 16. Halvorsen, M.H.: Prevention of Delirium Tremens , JAMA 192:1013, 1965.Crossref 17. Block, M.A.: Delirium Tremens , LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, JAMA 192:1014, 1965.Crossref

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Published: Jun 1, 1967

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