 "San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA)")
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Getting a gauge on voltmeter.
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Byline: Brad Bergholdt
QUESTION: I just purchased a slightly used SUV that has a voltmeter in the instrument panel, along with a couple of other gauges. My previous cars all had a warning light for the battery, and I didn't receive an owner's manual, so I'm trying to make some sense out of the variations that I sometimes see on the gauge.
The printed numbers are 8, 13 and 18, with red bands at the upper and lower ends of the range. Most of the time the needle hovers near the bottom of the upper red band _ about 15 volts. Is this OK? This seems excessive for ...
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The role of amino-acid transmitters in the pathogenesis of delirium tremens: a brief report.
Magazine article from: Journal of Studies on Alcohol
; ...men) were 46 hospitalized patients with severe withdrawal, referred to as delirium tremens (DTs); 20 individuals with an alcohol withdrawal syndrome without delirium (AWS); 20 subjects with an alcohol dependence syndrome but no current withdrawal...
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Search engine alternatives: will you suffer the DTs if you quit Google?(information tech)(Delirium tremens)(America Online Inc.)(Yahoo! Inc.)(Google Inc.)
Magazine article from: Information Outlook
; Delirium tremens: (colloquially, the DTs) is a condition associated with complete and sudden withdrawal by an individual who has a history of...
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Research from J. Darrouj and co-authors reveals new findings on delirium.
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week
; ...case of alcohol withdrawal and delirium tremens successfully treated with adjunctive...use of sedative to treat delirium tremens is well documented, with benzodiazepines...drive. In patients with delirium tremens, dexmedetomidine should be considered...
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Delirium: an update on diagnosis, treatment and prevention
Magazine article from: Clinical Medicine
; ...confusional state, confusion, delirium, management, prevention, review Delirium (or acute confusional state...Despite this long history, delirium has been relatively neglected...delirium' (excluding delirium tremens) on the Medline database...
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Studies from D. Adamis and co-researchers yield new data on delirium therapy.
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week
; ...The genetics of deliria,' is now available. "Delirium not induced by alcohol or other psychoactive substance and alcohol withdrawal delirium (or delirium tremens) are both cerebral syndromes with similar presentations...
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Investigators at Wayne State University target delirium.(Report)
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week
; ...predict mortality for patients with delirium tremens (DT). The authors conducted...Wayne State University (see also Delirium). The researchers concluded...mortality in patients with delirium tremens. Academic Emergency Medicine...
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Study results from C.E. Hayner and colleagues update understanding of delirium.
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week
; ...clinical signs and symptoms consistent with advanced delirium tremens." "A symptom-triggered intensive care unit treatment...antiadrenergic agents was started. The manifestations of delirium tremens persisted with titration of a lorazepam infusion...
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Studies from University of Gothenburg add new findings in the area of delirium.(Report)
Newspaper article from: Blood Weekly
; ...withdrawal syndrome (AWS), i.e. delirium tremens (DT) and/or seizures, have...University of Gothenburg (see also Delirium). The researchers concluded...Associated with Development of Delirium Tremens or Seizures. Alcohol and Alcoholism...
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Underrated: Tremendous delirium
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...that John Berryman's novel Recovery (1973), a tale of memory lapses - and blackouts, projectile vomiting and delirium tremens - should itself have become more or less lost to memory. To be sure, even its few dedicated admirers can see why...
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Managing alcohol withdrawal in hospitalized patients: therapy includes benzodiazepines to reduce withdrawal symptoms and prevent delirium. Symptom-driven protocols may be more beneficial than scheduled-dosing plans.(CME)
Magazine article from: JAAPA-Journal of the American Academy of Physicians Assistants
; ...approximately 48 to 72 hours after the last drink. They include alcoholic hallucinosis, alcohol seizures, and delirium tremens (DTs). First characterized in 1989, alcoholic hallucinosis occurs in an estimated 10% to 25% of hospitalized...
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