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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. History of liver disease, history of substance abuse disorder, and history of delirium tremens were also extracted from the hospital EMR. 5 Paper: Lebin J et al. O’Connor, P.

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