AMA Fitting G, Loichle A, Kakarlapudi R, Puthiyathu M. Hyperactive delirium as a complication of nicotine withdrawal: case report. Alcoholism and Drug Addiction/Alkoholizm i Narkomania. 2023;36(1):53-58. doi:10.5114/ain.2023.129508. APA Fitting, G., Loichle, A., Kakarlapudi, R., & Puthiyathu, (2023). Narkomania, 36(1), 53-58. https://doi.org/10.5114/ain.2023.129508 Chicago Grace, Autumn Raju Ma...

Many patients are admitted to intensive care unit for acute intoxication, serious complication of overdose or withdrawal symptoms of illicit drugs. Acute withdrawal of drug with addiction potential is associated with sympathetic over-activity leading to marked psychomimetic disturbances. Acute intoxication or withdrawal of such drugs are often associated with life threatening complication which...

OBJECTIVE In this study, we aimed to present patients who have developed suture reaction and were treated in our clinic following thyroidectomy operation. MATERIAL AND METHODS Patients who had been treated for suture reaction following thyroidectomy between January 2012 and December 2014 were retrospectively evaluated. The patients were analyzed in terms of their age, gender, duration of the ...

Corticosteroids are the mainstay of treatment for refractory chronic rhinosinusitis. The off-label use of steroid-eluting stents has increasingly gained popularity in functional endoscopic sinus surgery for decreasing postoperative inflammation and synechiae formation. However, there is a paucity of data outlining the safety profile of this device despite its widespread use. This study was desi...

Drug induced autoimmune hemolytic anemia is a well-known complication of drug therapy but it is often misdiagnosed. Drug induced autoimmune hemolytic anemia is difficult to differantiate from classical autoimmune hemolytic anemia. Here, we have reported a case with autoimmune hemolytic anemia might be caused by drugs such as teicoplanin, imipenem and amphotericin B. In our case, on the fifteent...

Percutaneous biopsies allow for precise diagnosis in soft tissue sarcomas and have a low rate of complications. However, it is unknown whether biopsies performed in a community setting lead to higher rates of wound complications at the time of resection. The goal of this study was to determine whether percutaneous biopsies performed at a sarcoma center have lower rates of wound complications co...

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a common cause of cancer-related death worldwide. The incidence of HCC in the United States has steadily increased over the last two decades. As such, a growing number of surgical candidates are afflicted with HCC. Advanced HCC causes destruction of normal functioning hepatic parenchyma eventually leading to a reduction in drug metabolism and clotting factor pr...

background: diabetes mellitus is associated with cognitive deficits in humans and animals. these deficits are paralleled by neurophysiological and structural changes in brain. in diabetic animals, impairments of spatial learning, memory, and cognition occur in association with distinct changes in hippocampus, a key brain area for many forms of learning and memory and are particularly sensitive ...

this study was done to determine whether high or low dose of anti-snake venom (asv) is better in coagulopathy in victims of envenoming by vipers. this retrospective study was conducted on the 154 patients (mean age ± sd, range) of viper snake bites who were referred to the emergency ward of razi hospital, ahvaz, iran over 2 years period (2004 - 2006). according to the treatment dosage the patie...

background: a rare and devastating complication following anterior cruciate ligament (acl) revision reconstruction is femoral fracture.    case presentation: a 35-year old male soccer player with a history of acl tear from the previous year ago, who underwent arthroscopic acl reconstruction and functioned well until another similar injury caused acl re-rupture. revision of acl reconstruction wa...