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Outpatient alcohol detoxification: Implementation efficacy and outcome effectiveness of a model project [PDF]
, 2004 Background: The aim of the study was to examine the practicability and implementation efficacy of an alcohol outpatient detoxification model and the concomitant `motivational' psychotherapeutic approach.
Soyka, Michael +3 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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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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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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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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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 COMPLEXITY OF DUAL PATHOLOGY: REGARDING A CASE REPORT OF SEIZURES
European Psychiatry, 2023 Introduction Wernicke’s encephalopathy (WE) is a potentially reversible neuropsychiatric emergency caused by thiamine deficiency, whose classical triad consists of acute onset of confusion, gait ataxia, and oculomotor dysfunction.
M. F. De Andrade +4 more
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Management of hospitalized patients diagnosed with alcohol withdrawal syndrome [PDF]
Romanian Medical Journal, 2021 Alcohol abuse is one of the leading health problems, with subsequent alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) affecting around 50% of hospitalized patients, varying from mild to severe forms.
Mirela Tiglis +4 more
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Clinical management of alcohol withdrawal: A systematic review
Industrial Psychiatry Journal, 2013 Alcohol withdrawal is commonly encountered in general hospital settings. It forms a major part of referrals received by a consultation-liaison psychiatrist.
Shivanand Kattimani, Balaji Bharadwaj
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