Alcoholic complications

 Alcohol Withdrawal Seizures : Dilantin/Phenytoin  11/17/98 (Del Rio)

Question: Is dilantin (phenytoin) an effective treatment for alcohol withdrawal seizures?

- Medical causes of seizures. [Review] [111 refs];  Lancet. 352(9125)383-90, 1998 Aug 1.;  UI:98382043

- Emergency department treatment of alcohol withdrawal seizures with phenytoin;  Annals of Emergency Medicine. 20(5)520-2, 1991 May.;  UI:91221335 Citation/Abstract

Alcoholic complications

 Alcoholic Hepatitis - Prednisolone  8/13/98 (Branch)

Question: Does Prednisolone improve survival in patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis?

- A randomized trial of prednisolone in patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis.;  New England Journal of Medicine. 326(8)507-12, 1992 Feb 20.;  UI:92123307  Citation/Abstract

- Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (Osler-Weber-Rendu disease): new insights in pathogenesis, complications, and treatment  [Review] [99 refs];  Archives of Internal Medicine. 156(7):714-9, 1996 Apr 8.;  UI:96194208  Citation/Abstract

Alcoholic complications

 Alcoholic Ketoacidosis  7/27/99 (Kleinbart)

Question: What are important clinical features in the diagnosis of alcoholic ketoacidosis?

- Alcoholism, ketoacidosis, and lactic acidosis. [Review] [55 refs];  Diabetes-Metabolism Reviews. 5(4):365-78, 1989 Jun.;  UI:89251071  Citation/Abstract 

- The syndrome of alcoholic ketoacidosis.;  American Journal of Medicine. 91(2):119-28, 1991 Aug.;  UI:91328198  Citation/Abstract 

Alcoholic complications

 Alcoholic Liver Disease - Electrolyte Imbalances  3/31/00 (Brady)  

Question:  What changes in electrolytes can be anticipated in alcoholic liver disease?

- Alcohol and the liver: 1994 update. [Review] [274 refs];  Gastroenterology. 106(4):1085-105, 1994 Apr.;  UI:94192944  Citation/Abstract

- Alcoholic liver disease. [Review] [131 refs];   Medical Clinics of North America. 73(4):815-30, 1989 Jul.;  UI:89260615  Citation/Abstract

Alcoholic complications

 Alcoholism - Neurological Complications 10/6/00 (Ko)

Question: What is the spectrum of neurological complications in chronic alcoholism?

- Neurologic effects of alcoholism. [Review] [139 refs]; Western Journal of Medicine. 161(3):279-87, 1994 Sep.;  UI: 95066031 Citation/Abstract

Alcoholic complications

 Holiday Heart  8/28/98 (Kokko)

Question: What is the 'holiday heart' syndrome

- Time of onset of supraventricular tachyarrhythmia in relation to alcohol consumption.;  American Journal of Cardiology. 67(8)718-22, 1991 Apr 1.;  UI:91174003 Citation/Abstract

- The "holiday heart": electrophysiologic studies of alcohol effects in alcoholics.;  Annals of Internal Medicine. 98(2)135-9, 1983 Feb.;  UI:83124944  Citation/Abstract

Alcoholic complications

 Hyponatremia from Beer Drinking.  7/07/00 (Balfoe-Bonnie)

Question: Is there a connection between beer drinking and  hyponatremia?

- Beer potomania: two cases and review of the literature [see comments]. [Review] [14 refs];  Clinical Nephrology. 45(1):61-4, 1996 Jan.;  UI: 96209050  Citation/Abstract

Cocaine

 Cocaine – Fever  8/31/99 (Kleinbart)

Question: Can cocaine cause fever?

- Hyperthermia in psychostimulant overdose. [Review] [86 refs];  Annals of Emergency Medicine. 24(1):68-76, 1994 Jul.;  UI:94279932   Citation/Abstract

Cocaine

 Cocaine - Metabolism  12/04/98 (Kokko)

Question: How is cocaine metabolized?

- Presidential address of the SSCI. Metabolic and social consequences of cocaine abuse.;  American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 299(6)361-5, 1990 Jun.;  UI:90289785 Citation/Abstract

- Cocaine: pharmacokinetics and biotransformation in man. [Review] [24 refs];  Canadian Journal of Physiology & Pharmacology. 67(9)1154-7, 1989 Sep.;  UI:90090295 Citation/Abstract

- Cocaine and other stimulants. Actions, abuse, and treatment. [Review] [131 refs];  New England Journal of Medicine. 318(18)1173-82, 1988 May 5..;  UI:88202031 Citation/Abstract

Cocaine

 Cocaine / Crack Induced Ischemia  6/24/98 (Del Rio)

Question: What are the mechanisms of cocaine/crack-induced coronary ischemia?

- Cocaine-induced myocardial ischemia and infarction: pathophysiology,recognition, and management. [Review] [88 refs];  Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases.  40(1):65-76, 1997 Jul-Aug.;  UI:97390699 Citation/Abstract

Cocaine

 Cocaine and Asthma  2/11/99 (Branch)

Question: Does inhaled crack cocaine induce asthma and if so, what is the severity?

- Acute effects of inhaled and i.v. cocaine on airway dynamics.;  Chest. 110(4):904-10, 1996 Oct.;  UI:97028229 Citation/Abstract

- Asthma deaths confounded by substance abuse. An assessment of fatal asthma.;  Chest. 110(3):604-10, 1996 Sep.;  UI:96390413 Citation/Abstract

Cocaine

 Cocaine-Induced Myocardial Infarction  9/22/99 (Del Rio)

Question: How can cocaine trigger a myocardial infarction?

- Triggering of myocardial infarction by cocaine.;  Circulation. 99(21):2737-41, 1999 Jun 1.;  UI:99280465  Citation/Abstract  Link Directly to Fulltext Article at Publisher

- Effect of recent cocaine use on the specificity of cardiac markers for diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction.;  American Heart Journal. 135(2 Pt 1):245-52, 1998 Feb.;  UI:98149616  Citation/Abstract   Link Directly to Fulltext article in Ovid

- Predictors of coronary artery disease in patients with cocaine-associated myocardial infarction. Cocaine-Associated Myocardial Infarction (CAMI) Study Group.;  American Journal of Medicine. 102(2):158-63, 1997 Feb.;  UI:97360601 Citation/Abstract  Link Directly to Fulltext Article at Science Direct

- Cocaine-associated myocardial infarction. [Review] [69 refs];  Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 89(8):443-7, 1996 Aug.;  UI:96388096  Citation/Abstract

- Cocaine-associated myocardial infarction. Mortality and complications. Cocaine-Associated Myocardial Infarction Study Group.;  Archives of Internal Medicine. 155(10):1081-6, 1995 May 22.;  UI:95266925  Citation/Abstract  Link Directly to Fulltext article in Ovid

- Cocaine-induced myocardial infarction: an analysis and review of the literature. [Review] [59 refs]; Journal of Emergency Medicine. 10(2):169-77, 1992 Mar-Apr. Citation/Abstract

Cocaine

 Crack Cocaine-Induced Perforated Ulcer  2/23/01 (Chun)

Question: What is the relationship between crack cocaine use and perforated ulcers?

- Clinical observation of the temporal association between crack cocaine and duodenal ulcer perforation.; American Journal of Surgery. 174(6):629-32; discussion 632-3, 1997 Dec.; UI: 98072245 Citation/Abstract  Link Directly to Fulltext Article at Science Direct

- Crack-related perforated gastropyloric ulcer.; Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. 13(1):17-9, 1991 Feb.; UI: 91178207  Citation/Abstract

Cocaine

 Drug Rehabilitation Programs  12/10/98 (Branch)

Question: Do drug rehabilitation programs improve outcomes?

- Patient treatment choice and compliance. Data from a substance abuse treatment program.;  American Journal on Addictions. 6(2)168-76, 1997 Spring.;  UI:97279673 Citation/Abstract

- Effectiveness and costs of inpatient versus day hospital cocaine rehabilitation.;  Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease. 182(3)157-63, 1994 Mar.;  UI:94157519 Citation/Abstract

HIV

 AIDS - Suicide Risk  9/17/98 (Branch)

Question: What is the risk of suicide in persons with AIDS?

- Suicide and HIV infection. Mortality follow-up of 4147 HIV-seropositive military service applicants.;  JAMA. 276(21)1743-6, 1996 Dec 4.;  UI:97094235  Citation/Abstract

- Risk of suicide among persons with AIDS. A national assessment;  JAMA. 268(15)2066-8, 1992 Oct 21.;  UI:93021565 Citation/Abstract

Homelessness

 Homelessness  6/12/98 (Del Rio)

Question: What are aspects of the homelessness phenomenon?

- The homeless and the public household [editorial;  New England Journal of Medicine. 338(24):1761-3, 1998 Jun 11.;  UI:98272353 Citation/Abstract

- Hospitalization costs associated with homelessness in New York City;   Source: New England Journal of Medicine. 338(24):1734-40, 1998 Jun 11.;  UI:98272349 Citation/Abstract

IV Drug Abuse

 IV Drug Abuse, Endocarditis and Cellulitis  6/12/98 (Del Rio)

Question: What are aspects of endocarditis and cellulitis in IV drug abusers, as discussed in a recent review?.

- Eikenella corrodens endocarditis in an intravenous drug user: case report and literature review. [Review] [10 refs];  Journal of the National Medical Association. 86(4):313-5, 1994 Apr.;  UI:94315646 Citation/Abstract

- Infective endocarditis at a large community teaching hospital, 1980-1990. A review of 210 episodes. [Review] [88 refs];  Medicine. 72(2):90-102, 1993 Mar.;  UI:93241031 Citation/Abstract