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Propofol Use in Emergency Surgery in a Patient Having Alcohol Withdrawal

Annals of Indian Psychiatry
Alcohol use disorder is a common mental health issue with life-threatening consequences like sustaining polytrauma while driving under the influence of alcohol. Such patients frequently require surgical interventions.
Sandeep Grover, Chandrima Naskar, Kajal Jain, Sameer Aggarwal   +3 more
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Barriers and facilitators to detoxification from opioid substitution treatment: A mixed‐methods systematic review

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Despite the well‐documented benefits of opioid substitution treatment (OST) in treating opioid dependence (OD), many people diagnosed with OD desire to live a drug‐free life. The transition to abstinence involves detoxification: a gradual dose reduction of OST to zero milligrams.
Amy Bagshaw, Suleyman Shah, India Olchefske, Louise M. Paterson, Mike J. Crawford, Anne Lingford‐Hughes   +5 more
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Assessment and Treatment of Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome

The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology, 2020
Alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) is the most common and well-known condition occurring after intentional or unintentional cessation or decreasing heavy drinking.
Ha Yeong Choi, Jeong Seock Seo, Sang Kyu Lee   +2 more
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Analysis of risk factors in patients with alcohol delirium who have been treated at the riga psychiatry and narcology center in 2018

European Psychiatry, 2021
Introduction Alcohol abuse can be the cause for psychotic disorders. In the International Classification of Diseases (ICD10) they are coded F10.4-F10.9.
K. Kurzemnieks
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Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome: Benzodiazepines and Beyond [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015
Alcohol dependence is an increasing and pervasive problem. Alcohol withdrawal symptoms are a part of alcohol dependence syndrome and are commonly encountered in general hospital settings, in most of the departments.
Ankur Sachdeva, Mona Choudhary, Mina Chandra   +2 more
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Efficacy and safety of pharmacological interventions for the treatment of cocaine use disorder: A systematic review and network meta‐analysis

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Cocaine use disorder (CUD) is an increasingly widespread concern worldwide. Various pharmacological treatments have been investigated for CUD, but their efficacy remains unclear, and none have been licensed for treatment.
Craig Paterson, Thomas Parkhouse, Chloe Burke, Monika Halicka, Jennifer C. Palmer, Hend Gabr, Rebecca Wilson, Katie E. Webster, Francesca Spiga, Sarah Dawson, Deborah M. Caldwell, Jennifer Scott, Julian P. T. Higgins, Jelena Savović   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chronic Baclofen Abuse and Withdrawal Delirium [PDF]

, 2011
Baclofen is a GABA-B agonist used for muscle spasticity in disorders such as multiple sclerosis. It has growing applications in the treatment of alcohol dependence [1] and its role in the treatment in other addiction disorders has recently been explored [
Nasti, Julian J., Vlasios Brakoulias, Brakoulias, Vlasios (R19651), Julian J. Nasti   +3 more
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Factors affecting hallucinations in patients with delirium

Scientific Reports, 2021
Delirium develops through a multifactorial process and include multiple subtypes with different pathological factors. To refine the treatment and care for delirium, a more detailed examination of these subtypes is needed.
Masako Tachibana, Toshiya Inada, Masaru Ichida, Norio Ozaki   +3 more
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People experiencing homelessness and their experiences with substance use services for alcohol treatment in England: Journey mapping based on semi‐structured interviews

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Alcohol consumption at high levels is common among people experiencing homelessness and contributes to inequalities. In relative terms these individuals are underrepresented in substance use services. This study captured common trajectories and identified barriers and facilitators to accessing treatment among a group of ...
Vera Helen Buss, Jamie Brown, Melissa Oldham, Sarah E. Jackson, Lion Shahab, Dimitra Kale, Sharon Cox   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Possible allelic association of a tyrosine hydroxylase polymorphism with vulnerability to alcohol-withdrawal delirium [PDF]

, 1998
Recently, an association has been reported between schizophrenia and a rare allele containing 10-repeats (A10) of a polymorphic tetranucleotide motif in the first intron of the tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) gene.
Schmidt, L.G., Hoehe, M., Harms, H., Sander, T., Rommelspacher, H.   +4 more
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