Phenobarbital Treatment of Alcohol Withdrawal in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Carmen M LeeDavid G DillonPeggy M TahirCharles E MurphyPublished in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2023)
The current literature base does not show that treatment with phenobarbital significantly reduces ICU admissions, hospital admissions, ED readmissions, or adverse events in ED patients with AWS compared with benzodiazepines alone.