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Return Encounters in Emergency Department Patients Treated with Phenobarbital Versus Benzodiazepines for Alcohol Withdrawal

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1, 2 Phenobarbital has been studied as an alternative or adjunct to benzodiazepines with encouraging results, but primarily among inpatient services. CIWA scores or some other more universal diagnostic tool for alcohol withdrawal were not routinely used s o we have no idea why one patient got more than another. O’Connor, P.

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