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Prevention of alcohol withdrawal syndrome in the surgical ICU: an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Critical Care Committee Clinical Consensus Document

open access: yesTrauma Surgery & Acute Care Open, 2022
Alcohol withdrawal syndrome is a common and challenging clinical entity present in trauma and surgical intensive care unit (ICU) patients. The screening tools, assessment strategies, and pharmacological methods for preventing alcohol withdrawal have ...
Christopher P Michetti   +11 more
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From consumption to withdrawal: A broad synopsis of the effects of alcohol

open access: yesMedicine Advances, 2023
The consumption of alcohol reflects both societal norms and personal choices and has major clinical implications. Long‐term excess alcohol consumption leads to a domino effect of pathological outcomes and onset of chronic illness.
Jun Zhu   +6 more
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Subacute encephalopathy and seizures in alcoholics (SESA) presenting with non-convulsive status epilepticus [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Subacute encephalopathy with seizures in chronic alcoholism (SESA) was first described in 1981 by Niedermeyer who reported alcoholic patients presenting with confusion, seizures and focal neurological deficits and is quite distinct from patients ...
LaRoche, Suzette M.   +1 more
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Prevention of alcohol withdrawal seizure recurrence and treatment of other alcohol withdrawal symptoms in the emergency department: a rapid review

open access: yesBMC 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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DSM-5 criteria for substance use disorders: recommendations and rationale. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Since DSM-IV was published in 1994, its approach to substance use disorders has come under scrutiny. Strengths were identified (notably, reliability and validity of dependence), but concerns have also arisen.
Auriacombe, Marc   +11 more
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Baclofen and the Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome-A Short Review

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2019
The Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome (AWS), which may occur with or without delirium, is a frequent consequence of sudden alcohol cessation in patients with moderate to severe Alcohol Dependence Syndrome (ADS). Withdrawal as a result of habituation to alcohol
Gary Cooney   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neurophysiological Measures and Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD): Hypothesizing Links between Clinical Severity Index and Molecular Neurobiological Patterns [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
In 1987, Cloninger proposed a clinical description and classification of different personality traits genetically defined and independent from each other. Moreover, he elaborated a specific test the TCI to investigate these traits/states.
Attilia, Maria Luisa   +9 more
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Clinical management of alcohol withdrawal: A systematic review

open access: yesIndustrial 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
doaj   +1 more source

Relationship Between Alcohol Type and Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome: A Case Report

open access: yesTürk Nöroloji Dergisi, 2021
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a clinical-radiologic syndrome characterized by headaches, altered mental status, seizures, visual symptoms, hallucinations, focal neurologic signs, and vasogenic edema in the posterior cerebral ...
Yağmur İnalkaç Gemici, Canan Çelebi
doaj   +1 more source

Neonatal abstinence syndrome: Pharmacologic strategies for the mother and infant. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Opioid use in pregnancy has increased dramatically over the past decade. Since prenatal opioid use is associated with numerous obstetrical and neonatal complications, this now has become a major public health problem.
Davis, Jonathan M.   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

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