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Podcast #376: Alcohol Intoxication
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:04:39
Publish Date: 2018-09-08 11:00:00
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Educational Pearls:

 

  • Blood concentrations over 0.4 mg/dL  is associated with respiratory depression and possible death in alcohol naive patients
  • Alcohol overdose accounts to 2,200 deaths per year
  • Don’t forget about checking for hypoglycemia in severe alcohol intoxication
  • Consider ketamine for agitation to prevent further respiratory depression

 

Editor’s note: check out our podcast on ketamine for alcohol withdrawal here

References:

Jung YC, Namkoong K. Alcohol: intoxication and poisoning - diagnosis and treatment. Handb Clin Neurol. 2014;125:115-21. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-62619-6.00007-0.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). "Vital signs: binge drinking prevalence, frequency, and intensity among adults-United States, 2010." MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 61.1 (2012): 14.
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