background: for treatment of severe alcohol withdrawal syndrome, high dose benzodiazepines (bzds) may cause delirium and over-sedation. phenobarbital (pbt) is a long-acting barbiturate effective for the treatment of alcohol withdrawal. given the potential benefits of pbt, we sought to investigate the effectiveness of pbt as adjunctive treatment for alcohol withdrawal. methods: this was a retros...

conclusions metacognitive regulation strategies are more considerable prediction than emotional regulation strategies in sd group than in ad group. individuals with ad use alcohol as a means of both cognitive and emotional regulation strategy. patients and methods according to dsm-iv tr criteria, 45 patients with alcohol dependence (ad), 44 patients with substance dependence (sd), and 43 volunt...

background using alcohol and narcotics are recognized to be the important cause of accidents, specifically very severe driving accidents. this study aimed to determine the prevalence of addiction to the narcotics and alcohol among traumatic patients referred to two main trauma centers in south-west of iran. methods this research is a cross- sectional descriptive study on 781 traumatic patients ...

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the eyes are organs that detect light and convert it into electro-chemical impulses in neurons. visual perception is the ability to interpret information and surroundings from the effects of visible light reaching the eye. medicine recognizes that altitudes above 1500 meters start to affect humans so that, the eye is very sensitive to restriction of its supply of oxygen. a dimming of vision acc...

objective: this study was conducted to determine the changes in the insular cortex in alcohol dependent subjects, and to compare the same with controls, the associated clinical findings. methods: the study group consisted of 30 subjects with alcohol dependence syndrome (ads) selected randomly from the out patient services of the department of psychiatry of a tertiary care hospital. the control ...

conclusions it can be concluded that smoking and alcohol consumption may be related to poor hrqol in physical education and sports students despite the fact that they regularly engage in sports programs that could positively affect their hrqol. background health-related quality of life (hrqol) is an important determinant in a person’s life. objectives in this study aimed at physical education s...

Introduction: In Western population, a threshold of 5 drinks per day may exist for alcohol to increase pancreatitis risk. Given ethnic differences in metabolism, we examined the associations between smoking, alcohol, and Indians. Methods: A case control study was conducted surgery department hospital western India. Information on drinking collected by in-person interview. Baseline characteristi...