Living with an Addict - Alcoholic

Anesthesia for the alcoholic and addict.

Living with an alcoholic partner: Problems faced and coping strategies used by wives of alcoholic clients

BACKGROUND Alcoholism is considered as a major health as well as a social problem. Often the family members of alcoholics suffer intense psychological, physical and social trauma due to the core drinking problem of the family member. Most deeply affected are the wives of alcoholics. AIM The present descriptive study aimed to investigate the problems faced and coping strategies used by the wiv...

Living donor liver transplantation for patients with alcoholic liver disease

BACKGROUNDS/AIMS Since most transplantation studies for alcoholic liver disease (ALD) were performed on deceased donor liver transplantation, little was known following living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). METHODS The clinical outcome of 18 ALD patients who underwent LDLT from Febraury 1997 to December 2004 in a large-volume liver transplantation center was assessed retrospectively. R...

Comparison of plasma fibrinogen level in opium addict men with non-addict men

fibrinogen is one of the plasma proteins synthetzed by the liver.elevated plasma fibrinogen is an independent coronary artery disease(CAD) risk factor and increases the risk of thrombus formation.this study was performed to compare the plasma fibrinogen level in opium addict men with non opium users.each group consisted of 60 males,who didnot smoke cigarettes and were not suffered from diabetes...

A heroin addict with focal weakness

A 24-year-old female with 5 year history of heroin abuse experienced painless stiffness of elbow joints and weakness of shoulder and upper limb muscles. She was injecting herself 4-6 times daily alternatively in the upper extremities, sparing the lower limbs. Electromyography (EMG) showed myopathic changes in clinically affected and unaffected muscles. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed ...