Ten hours after admission to the intensive care unit after an auto accident, a patient begins to exhibit mild tachycardia, irritability, and tremors. Three hours later the patient has a grand mal seizure. The nurse correlates these finding to which disorder?
A) Wernicke encephalopathy
B) Korsakoff syndrome
C) Renal insufficiency
D) Alcohol withdrawal syndrome
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