Severe diaphoresis and fever during alcohol withdrawal cause hypovolemic shock: case report.

Michitaka FunayamaRyotaro OkochiShintaro AsadaYusuke ShimizuShin KuroseTaketo Takata

Published in: BMC psychiatry (2021)

The increased adrenergic activity associated with alcohol withdrawal might substantially increase a patient's water-intake requirement through diaphoresis and fever and may cause severe hypovolemia and its associated medical complications.

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