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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 +2 more
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Seizures in alcohol withdrawal syndrome
Aktualności Neurologiczne, 2020 Alcohol withdrawal syndrome develops in individuals with alcohol dependence who discontinue or reduce alcohol intake after long-term or binge drinking. Withdrawal symptoms usually occur 6–8 hours after the last alcohol consumption and peak between 24–72 hours.
Magdalena Lasocka +4 more
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Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2023 Background Alcohol cessation in youth with daily drinking poses a risk of severe and life-threatening alcohol withdrawal. If unsupervised, alcohol withdrawal in heavy users can cause severe complications, such as seizures, delirium tremens, and death. We
Dina Moubayed, Nicholas Chadi
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Brain Sciences, 2021 Calcium influx plays important roles in the pathophysiology of seizures, including acoustically evoked alcohol withdrawal-induced seizures (AWSs). One Ca2+ influx route of interest is the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger (NCX) that, when operating in its reverse mode (
Jamila Newton +2 more
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Evaluation of un-medicated, self-paced alcohol withdrawal.
PLoS ONE, 2011 It is currently unclear how effective un-medicated, self-paced alcohol withdrawal is in reducing alcohol consumption in alcohol dependent clients. To address this question, the current study examined the reduction in alcohol consumption, assessed by ...
Martin Craig +4 more
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Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2015 Seizure induction by disulfiram (DSF) an adverse effect of therapeutic dosages of DSF is less understood. In our prospective case series of eight subjects with alcohol dependence a temporal, dose-dependent, and reversible epileptogenic potential due to ...
Ranganath Ramarao Kulkarni +1 more
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BMC Emergency Medicine, 2021 Background Patients who experience harms from alcohol and other substance use often seek care in the emergency department (ED). ED visits related to alcohol withdrawal have increased across the world during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Justin Jek-Kahn Koh +3 more
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Update on the Neurobiology of Alcohol Withdrawal Seizures [PDF]
Epilepsy Currents, 2005 Abrupt cessation of alcohol intake after prolonged heavy drinking may trigger alcohol withdrawal seizures. Generalized tonic–clonic seizures are the most characteristic and severe type of seizure that occur in this setting. Generalized seizures also occur in rodent models of alcohol withdrawal.
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Clinical profile of patients with nascent alcohol related seizures
Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2013 Aim: The aim of this study is to characterize the clinical profile of patients with alcohol related seizures (ARS) and to identify the prevalence of idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) in the same.
P Sandeep +5 more
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The Trident in the Brain- A Case of Osmotic Demyelination Syndrome Secondary to Alcohol Withdrawal [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022 Osmotic Demyelination Syndrome (ODS) is characterised by demyelination of pons and is also called as central pontine myelinolysis. It has been observed in patients with alcohol dependence, although hyponatraemia remains the most common cause.
Nipun Bawiskar +2 more
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