منابع مشابه
Seizures in Patients with Alcohol Dependence
Introduction: Patients who present for treatment of alcohol dependence often report a history of seizures. These are generally attributed to alcohol withdrawal and not further investigated. Methods: We systematically assessed 381 consecutive male inpatients with alcohol dependence admitted to the deaddiction services of the National Institute of Mental health & Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalor...
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OBJECTIVES This work consists in a study of the links between alcohol, a psychoactive substance and different related epileptic manifestations in order to clarify predominant factors both on conceptual, clinical and therapeutic levels. BACKGROUND If alcohol is a frequent risk factor for seizures, its scientific evidence is less clear and ad hoc literature is rich in controversies and not firm...
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BACKGROUND AND METHODS Alcohol abuse is one of the most common causes of seizures in adults. In a randomized, double-blind study, we compared lorazepam with placebo for the prevention of recurrent seizures related to alcohol. Over a 21-month period, we studied consecutive patients with chronic alcohol abuse who were at least 21 years of age and who presented to the emergency departments of two ...
متن کاملUpdate on the neurobiology of alcohol withdrawal seizures.
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. In these models, the withdrawal seizures are triggered by neuronal networks in the brainstem, includi...
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AIMS Alcohol withdrawal seizures (AWS) are among the most important possible complications during the detoxification treatment of alcohol-dependent patients. Pharmacological therapy is often used during detoxification, but can cause dangerous side effects [Eur Addict Res 2010;16:179-184]. In separate studies several biological markers have been described as being associated with AWS risk. We in...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0141-0768,1758-1095
DOI: 10.1177/014107689008300728