delirium tremens
rapid onset of confusion caused by alcohol withdrawal
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Summary
delirium tremens is a class of disease[1]. It ranks in the top 0.61% of class of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,506 views/month, #12 of 1,968).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: symptom or sign[3]
- Subclass of: alcohol withdrawal syndrome[4], delirium[5], alcoholic hallucinosis[6]
- Commons category: Delirium tremens[7]
- ICPC 2 ID: P15[8]
- Symptoms and signs: agrypnia excitata[9]
- Has cause: Smoking, alcohol and drugs[10]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[14], The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)[15]
- ICD-9-CM: 291.0[16]
- Health specialty: psychiatry[17]
- Exact match: http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:8639[18], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_8639[19]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[20]
Why It Matters
delirium tremens has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]