Abstract
This article sought to report a case of Delirium Tremens, a rare case in general medicine and uncommon in individuals treated for alcohol withdrawal, but which has great importance in terms of morbidity and mortality. The work evaluates a service in a psychiatric hospital with a favorable outcome and talks about valuable strategies for good progress in similar cases that doctors and health teams may experience. This is a 57-year-old male patient who had been abusing alcoholic beverages for 13 years, who had hetero and self-aggressive behaviors, and was then brought by family members to a psychiatric hospital. It was initially well managed, but it evolved with changes in the sleep-wake cycle, tremors, changes in consciousness and changes in perception. He was medicated and progressed with a gradual improvement in symptoms, without the need to be admitted to a clinical hospital. The report of this case is important for the remembrance of an important condition, which is very rare in medicine in general, but which is relevant for urgent and emergency practice.