Alcohol dementia (ALD) usually follows long-term alcohol dependence. The major psychiatric features of ALD are general loss of short-and long-term memory combined with disturbances in concentration and a decrease in intellectual capacity, all of which persist during abstinence. Despite its clinical importance, few studies have been published up to now on medical treatment of ALD and other alcoh...

A 72-year-old female with a history of autoimmune hepatitis-related cirrhosis, osteoporosis, and hypertension was admitted with recurrent episodes of confusion and drowsiness over the course of two years. On each occasion, the patient demonstrated fluctuating confusion with drowsiness and was disorientated to time and place. A marked liver flap was present on examination with no other features ...

In this report, the clinical evolution of a 72-year-old patient transferred to surgical intensive care unit after cardiac surgery is described. The presence pulsatile Doppler signal common femoral vein was noted surgery. On postoperative day 5, diuretics in addition combination inhaled epoprostenol and milrinone were associated with normalization pulsatility. observations seen peripheral venous...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Uremic encephalopathy is a metabolic disorder in patients with renal failure. The purpose of this study was to describe the MR imaging findings of uremic encephalopathy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study retrospectively reviewed MR imaging findings in 10 patients with clinically proved uremic encephalopathy between May 2005 and December 2014. Parameters evaluated were le...