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Some search thoughts for alcohol withdrawal syndrome
Hi - I noticed you are planning to edit alcohol withdrawal syndrome. I think PubMed is going to be a high yield resource for you. Some specific terms that you might considering using in PubMed to optimize your search include:
 * substance withdrawal syndrome
 * alcohol withdrawal delirium
 * alcohol-related disorders

These are Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) and will help you to run a more comprehensive search. Unfortunately there is no MeSH that is specific for alcohol withdrawal syndrome so I would use a combination of keywords and MeSH. I might run a search like: ("alcohol withdrawal syndrome" OR Substance withdrawal syndrome) AND alcohol[tiab AND review]

Please let me know if you have any questions or want some help. Lauren maggio (talk) 17:28, 23 November 2013 (UTC)

For your "citation needed" about the typical time course of AWS this article may be about as good as it gets -- see http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9307759. It is old but given the point you are making that should be fine. There is an older article by Adams and Victor (of Neurology textbook fame) from 1953, but we do not have access to it at UCSF. See http://www.accessmedicine.com/popup.aspx?aID=3640236 for cool graph based on 1953 work. Emwhitaker 19:00, 5 December 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Emwhitaker (talk • contribs)

WP:MEDMOS
We typically use generic names rather than brand names. Generic names do not need capitalization. Generics are much more international and always using them is good practice.

There is additional good advice regarding language at WP:MEDMOS. Best Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 01:35, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

Cardiac arrest in trauma
The 2010 ACLS guidelines state the following: "BLS and ACLS for the trauma patient are fundamentally the same as that for the patient with primary cardiac arrest, with focus on support of airway, breathing, and circulation. In addition, reversible causes of cardiac arrest need to considered. While CPR in the pulseless trauma patient has overall been considered futile, several reversible causes of cardiac arrest in the context of trauma are correctable and their prompt treatment could be life-saving." which is interesting as they basically say it is futile but recommended. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 05:10, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Anyway added this to the article on major trauma Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 05:15, 8 May 2014 (UTC)