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Management of alcohol detoxification
The huge majority of people with an alcohol dependence problem that is uncomplicated by serious mental illness or social chaos receive treatment in the community. Tackling Alcohol Together: The Evidence Base of a UK Alcohol Policy (Raistrick et al, 1999, chapter 9) provides strong evidence supporting the move towards briefer and community-based treatments, while at the same time recognising the...
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The alcohol withdrawal syndrome is charac terised by symptoms such as anxiety, insomnia, anorexia, nausea, tremor, sweating and distur bances in coordination. These symptoms tend to occur within 6 to 12 hours of alcohol-dependent patients stopping or reducing their alcohol in take. Less frequently, convulsions, hallucinosis and delirium tremens can occur. Delirium tremens (disturbed orientation...
متن کامل3 regimens for alcohol withdrawal and detoxification.
Physiology Alcohol enhances gamma-aminobutyric acid’s (GABA) inhibitory effects on signal-receiving neurons, thereby lowering neuronal activity, leading to an increase in excitatory glutamate receptors. Over time, tolerance occurs as GABA receptors become less responsive to neurotransmitters, and more alcohol is required to produce the same inhibitory effect. When alcohol is removed acutely, th...
متن کاملNutritional evaluation of alcoholic inpatients admitted for alcohol detoxification.
AIMS To assess nutritional risk of alcoholic patients admitted for alcohol detoxification. METHODS Screening of nutritional risk of alcoholic patients using the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool. RESULTS Fifty-three percentage patients at presentation were rated as being at medium or high risk of malnutrition. CONCLUSION Malnutrition should be actively considered and screened for in a...
متن کاملNursing care of the patient undergoing alcohol detoxification.
Nurses are challenged with the task of holistic care for the alcohol dependent patient. The objective of the study was to explore and describe the opinions of male patients regarding the holistic care in a selected detoxification unit in Gauteng. A quantitative, explorative and descriptive design was employed utilizing interviews with a structured questionnaire as method of data collection. Aft...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Advances in Psychiatric Treatment
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1355-5146,1472-1481
DOI: 10.1192/apt.6.5.348