[Basic principles and trends in the intensive therapy of severe forms of alcoholic delirium].

The paper presents therapeutical results of 105 patients with severe forms of alcoholic delirium who were treated by intensive therapeutical methods in a specialized department. The main trends of the intensive therapy were the following: discontinuation of psychomotor excitation and general hyperkinesia, the treatment of respiration disturbances and massive infusion therapy. As a result, in 87 patients of 105 the psychotic condition was ceasted 12--24 hours after the beginning of the treatment.