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Hung HY, Chow LH, Kotlinska JH, Drabik A, Silberring J, Chen YH, Huang EYK. LVV-hemorphin-7 (LVV-H7) plays a role in antinociception in a rat model of alcohol-induced pain disorders. Peptides 2021; 136:170455. [PMID: 33253777 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2020.170455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2020] [Revised: 11/12/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Alcohol can increase the sensitivity to painful stimulation or convert insensibility to pain at different stages. We hypothesized that chronic alcohol consumption changes the level of LVV-hemorphin-7 (abbreviated as LVV-H7, an opioid-like peptide generated from hemoglobin β-chain), thereby affecting pain sensation. We established a chronic alcohol-exposed rat model to investigate the effects of LVV-H7. Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were subjected to daily intraperitoneal injection of 10 % ethanol (w/v) at 0.5 g/kg for 15 days and subsequent alcohol withdrawal for 5 days. Using different pharmacological strategies to affect the LVV-H7 level, we investigated the correlation between LVV-H7 and pain-related behavior. Tail-flick and hot plate tests were employed to investigate alcohol-induced pain-related behavioral changes. The serum level of LVV-H7 was determined by ELISA. Our results showed that alcohol first induced an analgesia followed by a hyperalgesia during alcohol withdrawal, which could be driven by the quantitative change of LVV-H7. A positive correlation between the level of LVV-H7 and Δtail-flick latency (measured latency minus basal latency) confirmed this finding. Moreover, we revealed that the LVV-H7 levels were determined by the activity of cathepsin D and red blood cell/hemoglobin counts, which could be affected by alcohol. These results suggest that the deterioration of anti-nociception induced by alcohol is correlated to the decreased level of LVV-H7, and this could be due to alcohol-induced anemia. This study may help to develop LVV-H7 structure-based novel analgesics for treating alcohol-induced pain disorders and thus ameliorate the complications in alcoholics.
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- Hao-Yuan Hung
- Department of Pharmacology, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Pharmacy Practice, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacodynamics, Faculty of Pharmacy With Division of Medical Analytics, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Neurobiology, Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics, AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Neurobiology, Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics, AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Pharmacology, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Neurological Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pharmacology, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Holleck JL, Merchant N, Gunderson CG. Symptom-Triggered Therapy for Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. J Gen Intern Med 2019; 34:1018-1024. [PMID: 30937668 PMCID: PMC6544709 DOI: 10.1007/s11606-019-04899-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2018] [Revised: 11/20/2018] [Accepted: 02/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Benzodiazepines are the standard medication class for treating alcohol withdrawal. Guidelines recommend dosing based on objectively measured symptoms (symptom-triggered therapy) rather than fixed dose regimens. However, the superiority of symptom-triggered therapy has been questioned, and concerns have been raised about its inappropriate use and safety. We aimed to assess whether symptom-triggered therapy is superior to fixed dose schedules in terms of mortality, delirium, seizures, total benzodiazepine dose, and duration of therapy. METHODS A systematic literature search using Medline, Embase, and the Cochrane Registry through February 2018 was conducted for randomized controlled trials of patients with alcohol withdrawal syndrome comparing fixed dose benzodiazepine schedules to symptom-triggered therapy. Risk of bias was assessed using the Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool. Outcomes were pooled using random effects meta-analysis. Heterogeneity was estimated using the I2 statistic. Strength of evidence was assessed using methods outlined by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. RESULTS Six studies involving 664 patients were included. There were no deaths and only one seizure in each group. Four studies reported delirium, which occurred in 4 out of 164 patients randomized to symptom-triggered therapy compared to 6 out of 164 randomized to fixed dose therapy (odds ratio, 0.64 [95% CI, 0.17-2.47]). Three studies reported duration of therapy, which was 60.4 h less with symptom-triggered therapy (95% CI, 39.7-81.1 h; p < 0.001). Six studies reported total benzodiazepine dosage, which was 10.5 mg in lorazepam-equivalent dosing less with symptom-triggered therapy (95% CI, 7.1-13.9 mg; p = 0.011). DISCUSSION Moderate strength evidence suggests that symptom-triggered therapy improved duration of therapy and total benzodiazepine dose in specialized detoxification settings of low-risk patients but the applicability of this evidence in general hospital settings is low. There was insufficient evidence for any conclusions about symptom-triggered therapy for the major outcomes of mortality, seizure, and delirium in any setting. PROSPERO REGISTRATION CRD42017073426.
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- Jürgen L Holleck
- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. .,Department of Medicine, West Haven VA Hospital, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, 950 Campbell Ave, West Haven, CT, 06516, USA.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.,Department of Medicine, West Haven VA Hospital, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, 950 Campbell Ave, West Haven, CT, 06516, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.,Department of Medicine, West Haven VA Hospital, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, 950 Campbell Ave, West Haven, CT, 06516, USA
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Yadav AK, Rai BK, Niraula SR, Yadav A, Bhandari R, Shrivastav V. Identification of alcohol problem among long route bus drivers and staffs of Dharan, eastern Nepal: Assessing from the CAGE and DSM-IV tools. J Family Med Prim Care 2019; 8:853-859. [PMID: 31041213 PMCID: PMC6482769 DOI: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_301_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Alcohol use remains a major cause of preventable death worldwide occurring prematurely. Despite its global burden, alcohol still is a legal drug. Various studies have also shown that factors like education, occupation, influence from films and family, for stress relief, pleasure during alcohol use, better self-esteem, and occupational boredom are associated with alcohol use. The consumption of alcohol, even in relatively small amounts, increases the risk of being involved in a crash for motorists and pedestrians. It is also associated with impaired judgments and so is often linked to road traffic accident. OBJECTIVES To assess the prevalence, type of alcohol use, and the associated factors for the initiation of alcohol use among bus drivers and staffs of long route bus of Dharan. To assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding alcohol use for their willingness to quit it with medical help. MATERIALS AND METHODS The cross-sectional survey was conducted in 250 long route drivers and staffs in Dharan Bus Park in 2016 with the help of a self-designed questionnaire in Nepali language. The sample size was preliminarily estimated on the basis of the prevalence of alcohol use. The "Alcohol consumer" refers to drivers who used alcohol at least once in the previous year. RESULTS Alcohol dependency among Hindu was found to be significantly more than other religious group. The prevalence of alcohol consumption was found to be 78%. About 51% drivers are likely to have alcohol problems, 39% are alcohol abuser, and 45% are alcohol dependent. CONCLUSION Drinking and driving increase the vulnerability to injury and death on the road. The study creates awareness among drivers about the harmful use of alcohol and psychosocial consequences.
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- Ashok K Yadav
- Department of General Practice and Emergency Medicine, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health sciences, Dharan, Nepal
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- Department of General Practice and Emergency Medicine, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health sciences, Dharan, Nepal
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- Department of Community Medicine and Public Health, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health sciences, Dharan, Nepal
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- Department of General Practice and Emergency Medicine, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health sciences, Dharan, Nepal
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- Department of General Practice and Emergency Medicine, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health sciences, Dharan, Nepal
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- Department of General Practice and Emergency Medicine, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health sciences, Dharan, Nepal
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Xing J, Yuan Z, Jie Y, Liu Y, Wang M, Sun Y. Risk factors for delirium: are therapeutic interventions part of it? Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat 2019; 15:1321-1327. [PMID: 31190836 PMCID: PMC6529602 DOI: 10.2147/ndt.s192836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2018] [Accepted: 04/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Background: Delirium is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in critically ill patients. Research on risk factors for delirium allows clinicians to identify high-risk patients, which is the basis for early prevention and diagnosis. Besides the risk factors for delirium that are commonly studied, here we more focused on the less-studied therapeutic interventions for critically ill patients which are potentially modifiable. Materials and methods: A total of 320 non-comatose patients admitted to the ICU for more than 24 hrs during 9 months were eligible for the study. Delirium was screened once daily using the CAM-ICU. Demographics, admission clinical data, and daily interventions were collected. Results: Ninety-two patients (28.75%) experienced delirium at least once. Delirious patients were more likely to have longer duration of mechanical ventilation, ICU stay, and hospital stay. Most of the less-studied therapeutic interventions were linked to delirium in the univariate analysis, including gastric tube, artificial airway, deep intravenous catheter, arterial line, urinary catheter, use of vasoactive drugs, and sedative medication. After adjusting with age and ICU length of stay, mechanical ventilation (OR: 5.123; 95% CI: 2.501-10.494), Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II score≥20 at admission (OR: 1.897; 95% CI: 1.045-3.441), and gastric tube (OR: 1.935, 95% CI: 1.012-3.698) were associated with increased risk of delirium in multivariate analysis. Conclusion: Delirium was associated with prolonged mechanical ventilation, ICU stay, and hospital stay. Multivariate risk factors were gastric tube, mechanical ventilation, and APACHE II score. Although being a preliminary study, this study suggests the necessity of earliest removal of tubes and catheters when no longer needed.
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- Jinyan Xing
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266003, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266003, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Sciences, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266003, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266003, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266003, People's Republic of China
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Jung ME, Mallet RT. Intermittent hypoxia training: Powerful, non-invasive cerebroprotection against ethanol withdrawal excitotoxicity. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2018; 256:67-78. [PMID: 28811138 PMCID: PMC5825251 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2017.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2017] [Revised: 07/24/2017] [Accepted: 08/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Ethanol intoxication and withdrawal exact a devastating toll on the central nervous system. Abrupt ethanol withdrawal provokes massive release of the excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate, which over-activates its postsynaptic receptors, causing intense Ca2+ loading, p38 mitogen activated protein kinase activation and oxidative stress, culminating in ATP depletion, mitochondrial injury, amyloid β deposition and neuronal death. Collectively, these mechanisms produce neurocognitive and sensorimotor dysfunction that discourages continued abstinence. Although the brain is heavily dependent on blood-borne O2 to sustain its aerobic ATP production, brief, cyclic episodes of moderate hypoxia and reoxygenation, when judiciously applied over the course of days or weeks, evoke adaptations that protect the brain from ethanol withdrawal-induced glutamate excitotoxicity, mitochondrial damage, oxidative stress and amyloid β accumulation. This review summarizes evidence from ongoing preclinical research that demonstrates intermittent hypoxia training to be a potentially powerful yet non-invasive intervention capable of affording robust, sustained neuroprotection during ethanol withdrawal.
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- Marianna E Jung
- Center for Neuroscience Discovery, University of North Texas Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX 76107-2699, USA.
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- Institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, University of North Texas Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX 76107-2699, USA.
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Brunner S, Herbel R, Drobesch C, Peters A, Massberg S, Kääb S, Sinner MF. Alcohol consumption, sinus tachycardia, and cardiac arrhythmias at the Munich Octoberfest: results from the Munich Beer Related Electrocardiogram Workup Study (MunichBREW). Eur Heart J 2018; 38:2100-2106. [PMID: 28449090 PMCID: PMC5837309 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2016] [Accepted: 03/11/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Aims Alcohol is a risk factor for cardiac arrhythmias. Retrospective analyses suggest supraventricular arrhythmias consecutive to acute alcohol consumption, but prospective data are limited. We intended to prospectively associate acute alcohol consumption with cardiac arrhythmias. Methods and results At the 2015 Munich Octoberfest, we enrolled 3028 voluntary participants who received a smartphone-based ECG and breath alcohol concentration (BAC) measurements. ECGs were analysed for cardiac arrhythmias (sinus tachycardia, sinus arrhythmia, premature atrial/ventricular complexes, atrial fibrillation/flutter) and respiratory sinus arrhythmia. By multivariable adjusted logistic regression we associated BACs with cardiac arrhythmias. Similarly, we analysed 4131 participants of the community-based KORA S4 Study (Co-operative Health Research in the Region of Augsburg) and associated cardiac arrhythmias with chronic alcohol consumption. In our acute alcohol cohort (mean age 34.4 ± 13.3 years, 29% women), mean BAC was 0.85 ± 0.54 g/kg. Cardiac arrhythmias occurred in 30.5% (sinus tachycardia 25.9%; other arrhythmia subtypes 5.4%). Breath alcohol concentration was significantly associated with cardiac arrhythmias overall (odds ratio (OR) per 1-unit change 1.75, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.50-2.05; P < 0.001) and sinus tachycardia in particular (OR 1.96, 95%CI 1.66-2.31; P < 0.001). Respiratory sinus arrhythmia measuring autonomic tone was significantly reduced under the influence of alcohol. In KORA S4, chronic alcohol consumption was associated with sinus tachycardia (OR 1.03, 95%CI 1.01-1.06; P = 0.006). Conclusions Acute alcohol consumption is associated with cardiac arrhythmias and sinus tachycardia in particular. This partly reflects autonomic imbalance as assessed by significantly reduced respiratory sinus arrhythmia. Such imbalance might lead to sympathetically triggered atrial fibrillation resembling the holiday heart syndrome. ClinicalTrials.org accession number NCT02550340.
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- Stefan Brunner
- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Munich, Ludwig Maximilians University, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Munich, Ludwig Maximilians University, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Munich, Ludwig Maximilians University, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Institute of Epidemiology II, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.,German Cardiovascular Research Centre (DZHK), Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Munich, Ludwig Maximilians University, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377 Munich, Germany.,German Cardiovascular Research Centre (DZHK), Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Munich, Ludwig Maximilians University, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377 Munich, Germany.,German Cardiovascular Research Centre (DZHK), Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Munich, Ludwig Maximilians University, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377 Munich, Germany.,German Cardiovascular Research Centre (DZHK), Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
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Louis C, Godet T, Chanques G, Bourguignon N, Morand D, Pereira B, Constantin JM. Effects of dexmedetomidine on delirium duration of non-intubated ICU patients (4D trial): study protocol for a randomized trial. Trials 2018; 19:307. [PMID: 29866205 PMCID: PMC5987410 DOI: 10.1186/s13063-018-2656-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2017] [Accepted: 04/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background Delirium during intensive care unit (ICU) stay is frequent and associated with significant morbidity, mortality and healthcare-related costs. International guidelines suggest its prevention. However, curative treatment remains unclearly established. Despite contradictory and ambiguous academic literature, international guidelines suggest the use of second-generation (atypical) antipsychotics over haloperidol. However, haloperidol remains the most widely used neuroleptic worldwide as a first-line treatment of agitation and/or delirium. Dexmedetomidine, an alpha2-adrenergic receptors agonist, has shown its efficiency in the treatment of delirium in intubated patients but also in its prevention. Dexmedetomidine represents a widely used alternative to haloperidol. Only few studies have compared the efficacy of dexmedetomidine in non-intubated ICU patients as a first-line curative treatment of delirium. The main objective of the 4D trial is to demonstrate that dexmedetomidine decreases delirium duration compared to placebo. Methods/design The 4D trial is an investigator-initiated, prospective, multicenter, randomized, double-blinded, two-arm trial, randomizing 300 non-intubated ICU patients with a diagnosis of agitated delirium to receive dexmedetomidine or placebo as a cure. In case of agitation (RASS≥ + 2), immediate haloperidol administration will be allowed, to protect patient and staff in charge, while waiting for study treatment action. The primary outcome measure is a composite of duration of agitation or delirium or the use of intubation with deep sedation and mechanical ventilation. Secondary outcomes include mortalities at 7 and 30 days, ICU length of stay and occurrence of adverse effects related to dexmedetomidine use (bradycardia or hypotension requesting any treatment; or haloperidol use (neuroleptic malignant syndrome, extrapyramidal syndrome, prolonged QTc). The sample size will allow the detection of a 50% decrease of agitation duration (120 min), of an absolute reduction of delirium duration (1 day) and of a 50% relative decrease of intubation and mechanical ventilation, with a type 1 error rate of 1.8% (error risk inflation due to components of composite) and power of 90%, assuming a 15% incidence of intubation and mechanical ventilation requirements, an agitation duration of 240 min and a delirium duration of 3 days. One hundred and ten patients by group will be needed. An intermediate analysis is scheduled and requires the inclusion of 150 patients. Discussion The 4D trial may provide important data on the safety of commonly used sedative dexmedetomidine and could have a significant impact on future treatment of non-intubated ICU patients presenting with agitated delirium. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov, ID: NCT 03317067. Registered on 23 October 2017. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13063-018-2656-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Clémence Louis
- Département de Médecine Périopératoire (MPO), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Clermont-Ferrand, 63003, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Département de Médecine Périopératoire (MPO), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Clermont-Ferrand, 63003, Clermont-Ferrand, France. .,GReD; UMR/CNRS6293; Université Clermont-Auvergne; INSERM U1103, 63003, Clermont-Ferrand, France. .,Département de Médecine Périopératoire (MPO), Hôpital Estaing, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Clermont-Ferrand, 1 place Lucie Aubrac, 63003, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
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- Département d'Anesthésie-Réanimation B, Hôpital Saint-Eloi, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Montpellier, 34090, Montpellier, France
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- Département de Médecine Périopératoire (MPO), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Clermont-Ferrand, 63003, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Département de Médecine Périopératoire (MPO), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Clermont-Ferrand, 63003, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Clermont-Ferrand, Délégation à la Recherche Clinique et à l'Innovation (DRCI), 63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Département de Médecine Périopératoire (MPO), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Clermont-Ferrand, 63003, Clermont-Ferrand, France.,GReD; UMR/CNRS6293; Université Clermont-Auvergne; INSERM U1103, 63003, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Sugaya N, Ogai Y, Aikawa Y, Yumoto Y, Takahama M, Tanaka M, Haraguchi A, Umeno M, Ikeda K. A randomized controlled study of the effect of ifenprodil on alcohol use in patients with alcohol dependence. Neuropsychopharmacol Rep 2018; 38:9-17. [PMID: 30106266 PMCID: PMC7292313 DOI: 10.1002/npr2.12001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2017] [Revised: 11/10/2017] [Accepted: 11/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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AIM This prospective, randomized, controlled, rater-blinded study investigated the effect of G protein-activated inwardly rectifying potassium (GIRK) channel inhibitor ifenprodil on alcohol use in patients with alcohol dependence. METHODS The participants were 68 outpatients with alcohol dependence who were assigned to an ifenprodil group (administered 60 mg ifenprodil per day for 3 months) or control group (administered 600 mg ascorbic acid and calcium pantothenate per day for 3 months). The participants completed a questionnaire that included the frequency of alcohol drinking and presence of heavy drinking before the study period (time 1) and 3 months after the start of the study period (time 2). The alcohol use score was calculated using these two items. RESULTS Valid data were obtained from 46 participants (25 in the ifenprodil group and 21 in the control group). The alcohol use score at time 2 in the ifenprodil group was significantly lower than that in the control group after adjusting for the score at time 1 and some covariates. The intention-to-treat analysis of multiply imputed datasets indicated similar results. Group differences in the frequency of alcohol drinking were significant in the multiply imputed datasets but not in 46 participants. The ifenprodil group had a significantly lower rate of heavy drinking at time 2 than the control group. CONCLUSIONS This study found an inhibitory effect of ifenprodil on alcohol use in patients with alcohol dependence. The results support the hypothesis that GIRK channel inhibitors ameliorate alcohol dependence. TRIAL REGISTRY This trial was registered in the UMIN clinical trial registry (UMIN000006347).
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- Nagisa Sugaya
- Addictive Substance ProjectTokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical ScienceTokyoJapan
- Unit of Public Health and Preventive MedicineSchool of MedicineYokohama City UniversityYokohamaJapan
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- Addictive Substance ProjectTokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical ScienceTokyoJapan
- Faculty of MedicineSocial Psychiatry and Mental HealthUniversity of TsukubaTsukubaJapan
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- Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa HospitalTokyoJapan
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- Addictive Substance ProjectTokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical ScienceTokyoJapan
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- Addictive Substance ProjectTokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical ScienceTokyoJapan
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- Addictive Substance ProjectTokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical ScienceTokyoJapan
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Engen PA, Dodiya HB, Naqib A, Forsyth CB, Green SJ, Voigt RM, Kordower JH, Mutlu EA, Shannon KM, Keshavarzian A. The Potential Role of Gut-Derived Inflammation in Multiple System Atrophy. JOURNAL OF PARKINSONS DISEASE 2018; 7:331-346. [PMID: 28234259 DOI: 10.3233/jpd-160991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Recent evidence suggests that Parkinson's disease (PD) is associated with intestinal microbiota dysbiosis, abnormal intestinal permeability, and intestinal inflammation. OBJECTIVE Our study aimed to determine if these gut abnormalities are present in another synucleinopathy, multiple system atrophy (MSA). METHODS In six MSA and 11 healthy control subjects, we performed immunohistochemistry studies of colonic sigmoid mucosa to evaluate the intestinal barrier marker Zonula Occludens-1 and the endotoxin-related inflammation marker Toll-like-receptor-4 expression. We also assessed colonic sigmoid mucosal and fecal microbiota compositions using high-throughput 16S ribosomal RNA gene amplicon sequencing. RESULTS MSA subjects showed disrupted tight junction protein Zonula Occludens-1 structure in sigmoid mucosa tissue suggesting intestinal barrier dysfunction. The lipopolysaccharide specific inflammatory receptor Toll-like-receptor-4 was significantly higher in the colonic sigmoid mucosa in MSA relative to healthy controls. Microbiota analysis suggested high relative abundance of gram-negative, putative "pro-inflammatory" bacteria in various family and genus level taxa, from the phylum Bacteroidetes and Proteobacteria, in MSA feces and mucosa. At the taxonomic level of genus, putative "anti-inflammatory" butyrate-producing bacteria were less abundant in MSA feces. Predictive functional analysis indicated that the relative abundance of a number of genes involved in metabolism were lower in MSA feces, whereas the relative abundance of genes involved in lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis were higher in both MSA feces and mucosa compared to healthy controls. CONCLUSIONS This proof-of-concept study provides preliminary evidence that like PD, MSA subjects display evidence of disrupted intestinal barrier integrity, increased marker of endotoxin-related intestinal inflammation, and pro-inflammatory colonic microbiota.
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- Phillip A Engen
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.,Department of Pharmacology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- DNA Services Facility, Research Resources Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.,Department of Biochemistry, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- DNA Services Facility, Research Resources Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.,Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin School of Public Health, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.,Department of Pharmacology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.,Department of Physiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.,Division of Pharmacology, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Unhealthy alcohol use is common and routine screening is essential to identify patients and initiate appropriate treatment. At-risk or hazardous drinking is best managed with brief interventions, which can be performed by any provider and are designed to enhance patients' motivations and promote behavioral change. Alcohol withdrawal can be managed, preferably with benzodiazepines, using a symptom-triggered approach. Twelve-step programs and provider-driven behavioral therapies have robust data supporting their effectiveness and patients with alcohol use disorder should be referred for these services. Research now support the use of several FDA-approved medications that aid in promoting abstinence and reducing heavy drinking.
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- Stephen Holt
- Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, 1450 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.
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- Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, 367 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
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Swanson GR, Gorenz A, Shaikh M, Desai V, Kaminsky T, Van Den Berg J, Murphy T, Raeisi S, Fogg L, Vitaterna MH, Forsyth C, Turek F, Burgess HJ, Keshavarzian A. Night workers with circadian misalignment are susceptible to alcohol-induced intestinal hyperpermeability with social drinking. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2016; 311:G192-201. [PMID: 27198191 PMCID: PMC4967173 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00087.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2016] [Accepted: 05/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Alcohol-induced intestinal hyperpermeability (AIHP) is a known risk factor for alcoholic liver disease (ALD), but only 20-30% of heavy alcoholics develop AIHP and ALD. The hypothesis of this study is that circadian misalignment would promote AIHP. We studied two groups of healthy subjects on a stable work schedule for 3 mo [day workers (DW) and night workers (NW)]. Subjects underwent two circadian phase assessments with sugar challenge to access intestinal permeability between which they drank 0.5 g/kg alcohol daily for 7 days. Sleep architecture by actigraphy did not differ at baseline or after alcohol between either group. After alcohol, the dim light melatonin onset (DLMO) in the DW group did not change significantly, but in the NW group there was a significant 2-h phase delay. Both the NW and DW groups had no change in small bowel permeability with alcohol, but only in the NW group was there an increase in colonic and whole gut permeability. A lower area under the curve of melatonin inversely correlated with increased colonic permeability. Alcohol also altered peripheral clock gene amplitude of peripheral blood mononuclear cells in CLOCK, BMAL, PER1, CRY1, and CRY2 in both groups, and inflammatory markers lipopolysaccharide-binding protein, LPS, and IL-6 had an elevated mesor at baseline in NW vs. DW and became arrhythmic with alcohol consumption. Together, our data suggest that central circadian misalignment is a previously unappreciated risk factor for AIHP and that night workers may be at increased risk for developing liver injury with alcohol consumption.
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- Garth R. Swanson
- 1Department Digestive Diseases, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois;
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- 1Department Digestive Diseases, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois;
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- 1Department Digestive Diseases, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois;
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- 1Department Digestive Diseases, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois;
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- 1Department Digestive Diseases, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois;
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- 1Department Digestive Diseases, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois;
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- 1Department Digestive Diseases, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois;
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- 1Department Digestive Diseases, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois;
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- 4ommunity, Systems and Mental Health Nursing, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois;
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- 2Department of Neurobiology, Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois; ,3Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois;
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- 1Department Digestive Diseases, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois;
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- 2Department of Neurobiology, Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois; ,3Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois;
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- 1Department Digestive Diseases, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois; ,5Department of Behavioral Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois; and
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- 1Department Digestive Diseases, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois; ,6Departments of Pharmacology; Molecular Biophysics & Physiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
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Gerbert B, Berg-Smith S, Mancuso M, Caspers N, McPhee S, Null D, Wofsy J. Using Innovative Video Doctor Technology in Primary Care to Deliver Brief Smoking and Alcohol Intervention. Health Promot Pract 2016; 4:249-61. [PMID: 14610995 DOI: 10.1177/1524839903004003009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Given physicians' increased responsibilities and time constraints, it is increasingly difficult for primary care physicians to assume a major role in delivering smoking and alcohol assessment and intervention. The authors developed an innovative use of computer technology in the form of a “video doctor” to support physicians with this. In this article, two brief interventions, delivered by an interactive, multimedia video doctor, that reduce primary care patients' smoking and alcohol use are detailed: (a) a patient-centered advice message and (b) a brief motivational intervention. The authors are testing the use of the video doctor to deliver these interventions in a randomized, controlled study, Project Choice. A pilot study testing the feasibility and acceptability of the video doctor suggests it was well received and accepted by patients (n = 52) and potentially provides an innovative, cost-effective, and practical way to support providers' efforts to reduce smoking and alcohol use in primary care populations.
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- Barbara Gerbert
- Center for Health Improvement and Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, USA
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Burgess HJ, Rizvydeen M, Fogg LF, Keshavarzian A. A single dose of alcohol does not meaningfully alter circadian phase advances and phase delays to light in humans. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2016; 310:R759-65. [PMID: 26936778 PMCID: PMC4867406 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00001.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2016] [Accepted: 02/29/2016] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Central circadian timing influences mental and physical health. Research in nocturnal rodents has demonstrated that when alcohol is consumed, it reaches the central hypothalamic circadian pacemaker (suprachiasmatic nuclei) and can directly alter circadian phase shifts to light. In two separate studies, we examined, for the first time, the effects of a single dose of alcohol on circadian phase advances and phase delays to light in humans. Two 23-day within-subjects placebo-controlled counterbalanced design studies were conducted. Both studies consisted of 6 days of fixed baseline sleep to stabilize circadian timing, a 2-day laboratory session, a 6-day break, and a repeat of 6 days of fixed sleep and a 2-day laboratory session. In the phase advance study (n= 10 light drinkers, 24-45 yr), the laboratory sessions consisted of a baseline dim light phase assessment, sleep episode, alcohol (0.6 g/kg) or placebo, 2-h morning bright light pulse, and final phase assessment. In the phase-delay study (n= 14 light drinkers, 22-44 yr), the laboratory sessions consisted of a baseline phase assessment, alcohol (0.8 g/kg) or placebo, 2-h late night bright light pulse, sleep episode, and final phase assessment. In both studies, alcohol either increased or decreased the observed phase shifts to light (interaction P≥ 0.46), but the effect of alcohol vs. placebo on phase shifts to light was always on average smaller than 30 min. Thus, no meaningful effects of a single dose of alcohol vs. placebo on circadian phase shifts to light in humans were observed.
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- Helen J Burgess
- Biological Rhythms Research Laboratory, Department of Behavioral Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois;
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- Biological Rhythms Research Laboratory, Department of Behavioral Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
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- College of Nursing, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois; and
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- Department of Digestive Diseases, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
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Cerebellar disorders trigger the symptoms of movement problems, imbalance, incoordination, and frequent fall. Cerebellar disorders are shown in various CNS illnesses including a drinking disorder called alcoholism. Alcoholism is manifested as an inability to control drinking in spite of adverse consequences. Human and animal studies have shown that cerebellar symptoms persist even after complete abstinence from drinking. In particular, the abrupt termination (ethanol withdrawal) of long-term excessive ethanol consumption has shown to provoke a variety of neuronal and mitochondrial damage to the cerebellum. Upon ethanol withdrawal, excitatory neurotransmitter molecules such as glutamate are overly released in brain areas including cerebellum. This is particularly relevant to the cerebellar neuronal network as glutamate signals are projected to Purkinje neurons through granular cells that are the most populated neuronal type in CNS. This excitatory neuronal signal may be elevated by ethanol withdrawal stress, which promotes an increase in intracellular Ca(2+) level and a decrease in a Ca(2+)-binding protein, both of which result in the excessive entry of Ca(2+) to the mitochondria. Subsequently, mitochondria undergo a prolonged opening of mitochondrial permeability transition pore and the overproduction of harmful free radicals, impeding adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-generating function. This in turn provokes the leakage of mitochondrial molecule cytochrome c to the cytosol, which triggers a cascade of adverse cytosol reactions. Upstream to this pathway, cerebellum under the condition of ethanol withdrawal has shown aberrant gene modifications through altered DNA methylation, histone acetylation, or microRNA expression. Interplay between these events and molecules may result in functional damage to cerebellar mitochondria and consequent neuronal degeneration, thereby contributing to motoric deficit. Mitochondria-targeting research may help develop a powerful new therapy to manage cerebellar disorders associated with hyperexcitatory CNS disorders like ethanol withdrawal.
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- Marianna E Jung
- Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX, 76107-2699, USA,
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Lower Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status Associated with Reduced Diversity of the Colonic Microbiota in Healthy Adults. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0148952. [PMID: 26859894 PMCID: PMC4747579 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2015] [Accepted: 12/22/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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In the United States, there are persistent and widening socioeconomic gaps in morbidity and mortality from chronic diseases. Although most disparities research focuses on person-level socioeconomic-status, mounting evidence suggest that chronic diseases also pattern by the demographic characteristics of neighborhoods. Yet the biological mechanisms underlying these associations are poorly understood. There is increasing recognition that chronic diseases share common pathogenic features, some of which involve alterations in the composition, diversity, and functioning of the gut microbiota. This study examined whether socioeconomic-status was associated with alpha-diversity of the colonic microbiota. Forty-four healthy adults underwent un-prepped sigmoidoscopy, during which mucosal biopsies and fecal samples were collected. Subjects’ zip codes were geocoded, and census data was used to form a composite indicator of neighborhood socioeconomic-status, reflecting household income, educational attainment, employment status, and home value. In unadjusted analyses, neighborhood socioeconomic-status explained 12–18 percent of the variability in alpha-diversity of colonic microbiota. The direction of these associations was positive, meaning that as neighborhood socioeconomic-status increased, so did alpha-diversity of both the colonic sigmoid mucosa and fecal microbiota. The strength of these associations persisted when models were expanded to include covariates reflecting potential demographic (age, gender, race/ethnicity) and lifestyle (adiposity, alcohol use, smoking) confounds. In these models neighborhood socioeconomic-status continued to explain 11–22 percent of the variability in diversity indicators. Further analyses suggested these patterns reflected socioeconomic variations in evenness, but not richness, of microbial communities residing in the sigmoid. We also found indications that residence in neighborhoods of higher socioeconomic-status was associated with a greater abundance of Bacteroides and a lower abundance of Prevotella, suggesting that diet potentially underlies differences in microbiota composition. These findings suggest the presence of socioeconomic variations in colonic microbiota diversity. Future research should explore whether these variations contribute to disparities in chronic disease outcomes.
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Hunter SB, Schwartz RP, Friedmann PD. Introduction to the Special Issue on the Studies on the Implementation of Integrated Models of Alcohol, Tobacco, and/or Drug Use Interventions and Medical Care. J Subst Abuse Treat 2015; 60:1-5. [PMID: 26549295 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2015.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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National efforts are underway to integrate medical care and behavioral health treatment. This special issue of the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment presents 13 papers that examine the integration of substance use interventions and medical care. In this introduction, the guest editors first describe the need to examine the integration of substance use treatment into medical care settings. Next, an overview of the emerging field of implementation science and its applicability to substance use intervention integration is presented. Preview summaries of each of the articles included in this special issue are given. Articles include empirical studies of various integration models, study protocol papers that describe currently funded implementation research, and one review/commentary piece that discusses federal research priorities, integration support activities and remaining research gaps. These articles provide important information about how to guide future health system integration efforts to treat the millions of medical patients with substance use problems.
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Gacouin A, Roussel M, Le Priol J, Azzaoui I, Uhel F, Fest T, Le Tulzo Y, Tadie JM. Acute alcohol exposure has an independent impact on C-reactive protein levels, neutrophil CD64 expression, and subsets of circulating white blood cells differentiated by flow cytometry in nontrauma patients. Shock 2015; 42:192-8. [PMID: 24827394 DOI: 10.1097/shk.0000000000000195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Acute and massive alcohol exposure (blood alcohol concentration of ≥1 g/L) is a common way to consume alcohol. In a prospective study performed in critically ill nontrauma patients, we compared C-reactive protein (CRP) values, circulating subsets of white blood cells, and neutrophil CD64 indexes recorded at admission to the intensive care unit between abstinent or moderate drinkers (n = 173), patients with acute or chronic alcohol exposure (n = 32), and patients with acute exposure but not chronically exposed to alcohol (n = 27). Values for CRP (P < 0.001), circulating neutrophils (P < 0.001), and neutrophil CD64 indexes (P < 0.001) were significantly lower in patients acutely exposed compared with the other patients, whereas values for B lymphocytes (P < 0.001) and cytotoxic (P < 0.001) and noncytotoxic T lymphocytes (P < 0.001) were significantly higher. After multiple regression analysis, alcohol exposure remained independently associated with values of CRP, neutrophils CD4 indexes, cytotoxic and noncytotoxic T lymphocytes, and CD16-negative and -positive monocytes. These results were not affected by the presence or absence of infection at admission. Our results suggest that in nontrauma critically ill patients, acute alcohol exposure diminishes inflammation and increases numbers of circulating B and T lymphocytes.
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- Arnaud Gacouin
- *CHU Rennes, Maladies Infectieuses et Réanimation Médicale; †Inserm-CIC; ‡Univ Rennes 1, Faculté de Médecine, Biosit; §CHU Rennes, Laboratoire d'Hématologie; and ∥Inserm U 917, Rennes, France
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Tang Y, Zhang L, Forsyth CB, Shaikh M, Song S, Keshavarzian A. The Role of miR-212 and iNOS in Alcohol-Induced Intestinal Barrier Dysfunction and Steatohepatitis. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2015. [PMID: 26207424 DOI: 10.1111/acer.12813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Alcoholic liver disease is commonly associated with intestinal barrier dysfunction. Alcohol-induced dysregulation of intestinal tight junction proteins, such as Zonula Occludens-1 (ZO-1), plays an important role in alcohol-induced gut leakiness. However, the mechanism of alcohol-induced disruption of tight junction proteins is not well established. The goal of this study was to elucidate this mechanism by studying the role of microRNA 212 (miR-212) and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in alcohol-induced gut leakiness. METHODS The permeability of the Caco-2 monolayer was assessed by transepithelial electrical resistance and flux of fluorescein sulfonic acid. miR-212 was measured by real-time polymerase chain reaction. The wild-type, iNOS knockout, and miR-212 knockdown mice were fed with alcohol diet (29% of total calories, 4.5% v/v) for 8 weeks. The LNA-anti-miR-212 was used to inhibit miR-212 expression in mice. The alcohol-induced intestinal permeability, miR-212 expression, and liver injuries in mice were measured. RESULTS Our in vitro monolayer and in vivo mice studies showed that: (i) alcohol-induced overexpression of the intestinal miR-212 and intestinal hyperpermeability is prevented using miR-212 knockdown techniques; and (ii) iNOS is up-regulated in the intestine by alcohol and that iNOS signaling is required for alcohol-induced miR-212 overexpression, ZO-1 disruption, gut leakiness, and steatohepatitis. CONCLUSIONS These studies thus support a novel miR-212 mechanism for alcohol-induced gut leakiness and a potential target that could be exploited for therapeutic intervention to prevent leaky gut and liver injury in alcoholics.
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- Yueming Tang
- Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
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Risk Factors for Delirium After Spinal Surgery: A Meta-Analysis. World Neurosurg 2015; 84:1466-72. [PMID: 26092533 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2015.05.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2015] [Revised: 05/28/2015] [Accepted: 05/29/2015] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Postoperative delirium can occur following various types of surgeries. The specific risk factors for delirium following spinal surgery have not been systematically evaluated. The aim of this study is to conduct a meta-analysis of the risk factors for delirium after spinal surgery. METHODS PubMed, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, and Science Citation Index were searched from inception to October 2014 for original research studies. Relevant studies on patients with delirium following spinal surgery were included if they identified at least 1 risk factor as being associated with delirium. The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) was used for the study quality assessment, and the pooled odds ratios (ORs) were used for determining the risk factors. RESULTS Six articles met the inclusion criteria. Twenty-four risk factors in the multivariate analyses and 22 factors in the univariate analyses were significantly associated with delirium following spinal surgery. In the pooled analyses, age >65 years (OR: 6.13; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 5.75, 6.54); female sex (OR: 1.21; 95% CI: 1.15, 1.28); number of medications (mean difference [MD]: 1.36; 95% CI: 0.73, 2.00); low preoperative hematocrit (MD: -1.67; 95% CI: -2.97, -0.38) and albumin (MD: -0.33; 95% CI: -0.53, -0.13); duration of surgery (MD: 35.79; 95% CI: 1.42, 70.16); intraoperative blood loss (MD: 124.44; 95% CI: 100.03, 148.85); low postoperative hematocrit (MD: -2.58; 95% CI: -3.70, -1.46), hemoglobin (MD: -1.10; 95% CI: -1.86, -0.35), and sodium (MD: -2.97; 95% CI: -5.42, -0.51); and postoperative fever (OR: 4.52; 95% CI: 2.94, 6.95) were significantly associated with delirium. CONCLUSIONS Several risk factors were consistently associated with delirium following spinal surgery, which can be used to identify high-risk patients. Recognizing these patients is important for physicians to develop preventive strategies to reduce postoperative delirium and its negative consequences.
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Swanson GR, Gorenz A, Shaikh M, Desai V, Forsyth C, Fogg L, Burgess HJ, Keshavarzian A. Decreased melatonin secretion is associated with increased intestinal permeability and marker of endotoxemia in alcoholics. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2015; 308:G1004-11. [PMID: 25907689 PMCID: PMC4469868 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00002.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2015] [Accepted: 04/15/2015] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Chronic heavy alcohol use is known to cause gut leakiness and alcoholic liver disease (ALD), but only 30% of heavy drinkers develop increased intestinal permeability and ALD. The hypothesis of this study was that disruption of circadian rhythms is a potential risk factor in actively drinking alcoholics for gut leakiness and endotoxemia. We studied 20 subjects with alcohol use disorder (AD) and 17 healthy controls (HC, 6 day workers, 11 night workers). Subjects wore a wrist actiwatch for 7 days and underwent a 24-h dim light phase assessment and urine collection for intestinal permeability. The AD group had significantly less total sleep time and increased fragmentation of sleep (P < 0.05). AD also had significantly lower plasma melatonin levels compared with the HC [mean area under the curve (AUC) 322.78 ± 228.21 vs. 568.75 ± 304.26 pg/ml, P = 0.03]. In the AD group, AUC of melatonin was inversely correlated with small bowel and colonic intestinal permeability (lactulose-to-mannitol ratio, r = -0.39, P = 0.03; urinary sucralose, r = -0.47, P = 0.01). Cosinor analysis of lipopolysaccharide-binding protein (marker of endotoxemia) and lipopolysaccharide every 4 h for 24 h in HC and AD subjects had a midline estimating statistic of rhythm of 5,026.15 ± 409.56 vs. 6,818.02 ± 628.78 ng/ml (P < 0.01) and 0.09 ± 0.03 vs. 0.15 ± 0.19 EU/ml (P < 0.05), respectively. We found plasma melatonin was significantly lower in the AD group, and lower melatonin levels correlated with increased intestinal permeability and a marker of endotoxemia. Our study suggests the suppression of melatonin in AD may promote gut leakiness and endotoxemia.
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- Garth R. Swanson
- 1Department of Digestive Diseases, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois;
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- 1Department of Digestive Diseases, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois;
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- 1Department of Digestive Diseases, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois;
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- 1Department of Digestive Diseases, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois;
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- 1Department of Digestive Diseases, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois;
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- 4Community, Systems and Mental Health Nursing, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois
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- 2Departments of Behavioral Sciences and Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois;
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- 1Department of Digestive Diseases, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois; ,3Departments of Pharmacology, Molecular Biophysics & Physiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois; and
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Evaluation of older Adults with obesity for bariatric surgery: Geriatricians' perspective. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcgg.2015.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Yip BHK, Chung RY, Chung VCH, Kim J, Chan IWT, Wong MCS, Wong SYS, Griffiths SM. Is Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT) or its shorter versions more useful to identify risky drinkers in a Chinese population? A diagnostic study. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0117721. [PMID: 25756353 PMCID: PMC4355485 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2014] [Accepted: 12/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Objective To examine the diagnostic performance of shorter versions of Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT), including Alcohol Consumption (AUDIT-C), in identifying risky drinkers in primary care settings using conventional performance measures, supplemented by decision curve analysis and reclassification table. Study design and Setting A cross-sectional study of adult males in general outpatient clinics in Hong Kong. The study included only patients who reported at least sometimes drinking alcoholic beverages. Timeline follow back alcohol consumption assessment method was used as the reference standard. A Chinese translated and validated 10-item AUDIT (Ch-AUDIT) was used as a screening tool of risky drinking. Results Of the participants, 21.7% were classified as risky drinkers. AUDIT-C has the best overall performance among the shorter versions of Ch-AUDIT. The AUC of AUDIT-C was comparable to Ch-AUDIT (0.898 vs 0.901, p-value = 0.959). Decision curve analysis revealed that when the threshold probability ranged from 15–30%, the AUDIT-C had a higher net-benefit than all other screens. AUDIT-C improved the reclassification of risky drinking when compared to Ch-AUDIT (net reclassification improvement = 0.167). The optimal cut-off of AUDIT-C was at ≥5. Conclusion Given the rising levels of alcohol consumption in the Chinese regions, this Chinese translated 3-item instrument provides convenient and time-efficient risky drinking screening and may become an increasingly useful tool.
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- Benjamin H. K. Yip
- Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Address: 4/F, School of Public Health Building, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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- Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Address: 4/F, School of Public Health Building, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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- Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Address: 4/F, School of Public Health Building, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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- Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Address: 4/F, School of Public Health Building, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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- Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Address: 4/F, School of Public Health Building, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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- Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Address: 4/F, School of Public Health Building, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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- Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Address: 4/F, School of Public Health Building, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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- Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Address: 4/F, School of Public Health Building, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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Mirijello A, D’Angelo C, Ferrulli A, Vassallo G, Antonelli M, Caputo F, Leggio L, Gasbarrini A, Addolorato G. Identification and management of alcohol withdrawal syndrome. Drugs 2015; 75:353-65. [PMID: 25666543 PMCID: PMC4978420 DOI: 10.1007/s40265-015-0358-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Symptoms of alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) may develop within 6-24 h after the abrupt discontinuation or decrease of alcohol consumption. Symptoms can vary from autonomic hyperactivity and agitation to delirium tremens. The gold-standard treatment for AWS is with benzodiazepines (BZDs). Among the BZDs, different agents (i.e., long-acting or short-acting) and different regimens (front-loading, fixed-dose or symptom-triggered) may be chosen on the basis of patient characteristics. Severe withdrawal could require ICU admission and the use of barbiturates or propofol. Other drugs, such as α2-agonists (clonidine and dexmetedomidine) and β-blockers can be used as adjunctive treatments to control neuroautonomic hyperactivity. Furthermore, neuroleptic agents can help control hallucinations. Finally, other medications for the treatment for AWS have been investigated with promising results. These include carbamazepine, valproate, sodium oxybate, baclofen, gabapentin and topiramate. The usefulness of these agents are discussed.
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- Antonio Mirijello
- Alcohol Use Disorders Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Gemelli Hospital, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Alcohol Use Disorders Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Gemelli Hospital, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Alcohol Use Disorders Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Gemelli Hospital, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Alcohol Use Disorders Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Gemelli Hospital, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Alcohol Use Disorders Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Gemelli Hospital, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, SS Annunziata Hospital, Cento, Ferrara, Italy
- Department of Clinical Medicine, “G. Fontana” Centre for the Study and Multidisciplinary Treatment of Alcohol Addiction, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Section on Clinical Psychoneuroendocrinology and Neuropsychopharmacology, Laboratory of Clinical and Translational Studies, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Alcohol Use Disorders Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Gemelli Hospital, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Alcohol Use Disorders Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Gemelli Hospital, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Huai J, Ye X. A meta-analysis of critically ill patients reveals several potential risk factors for delirium. Gen Hosp Psychiatry 2014; 36:488-96. [PMID: 24950918 DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2014.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2014] [Revised: 04/29/2014] [Accepted: 05/07/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate potential risk factors for delirium in critically ill patients through a meta-analysis of clinical observational studies. METHOD A literature search was conducted of MEDLINE and Embase databases. Studies that reported risk factors for delirium in a critical care setting were included. Data were independently extracted by two reviewers and pooled using a fixed-effect or random effects model according to the result of a heterogeneity test. RESULTS Twenty-five studies were included. The combined odds ratio (95% confidence interval) for each potential risk factor estimated by meta-analysis was as follows (univariate/multivariate): alcohol use, 1.47 (0.79-2.72)/2.34 (1.56-3.49); smoking, 1.01 (0.81-1.25)/1.61 (0.83-3.10); hypertension, 1.64 (1.30-2.06)/1.98 (1.44-2.72); age (per year), 1.03 (1.001-1.05)/1.04 (1.02-1.05); age >65 years, 2.52 (1.55-4.10)/2.59 (1.93-3.47); mechanical ventilation, 3.09 (1.43-6.66)/4.51 (1.41-14.39); and Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II score (per point), 1.13 (1.06-1.21) (multivariate only). There was no evidence of publication bias except for APACHE II score. CONCLUSION Age, history of hypertension, clinical use of mechanical ventilation and higher APACHE II score are associated with increased risk of delirium in critically ill patients.
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- Jiaping Huai
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Jinhua Municipal Central Hospital, Jinhua Hospital of Zhejiang University, Jinhua 321000, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Jinhua Municipal Central Hospital, Jinhua Hospital of Zhejiang University, Jinhua 321000, China; Department of Internal Medicine, Jinhua Municipal Central Hospital, Jinhua Hospital of Zhejiang University, Jinhua 321000, China.
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At-Risk Drinking Is Independently Associated With ICU and One-Year Mortality in Critically Ill Nontrauma Patients*. Crit Care Med 2014; 42:860-7. [DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000000041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Skala K, Caputo F, Mirijello A, Vassallo G, Antonelli M, Ferrulli A, Walter H, Lesch O, Addolorato G. Sodium oxybate in the treatment of alcohol dependence: from the alcohol withdrawal syndrome to the alcohol relapse prevention. Expert Opin Pharmacother 2013; 15:245-57. [DOI: 10.1517/14656566.2014.863278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Le MD, Enbom E, Traum PK, Medici V, Halsted CH, French SW. Alcoholic liver disease patients treated with S-adenosyl-L-methionine: an in-depth look at liver morphologic data comparing pre and post treatment liver biopsies. Exp Mol Pathol 2013; 95:187-91. [PMID: 23886644 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2013.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2013] [Accepted: 07/08/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND The objective of this study is to assess if there were any changes in liver biopsies after treatment with S-adenosyl-L-methionine(SAMe) in alcoholic liver disease patients. METHODS Liver biopsies of 14 patients were randomized for SAMe treatment at week 0 (biopsy #1) and at 24 weeks (biopsy #2). Patients received 1.2g of SAMe or placebo by mouth daily and stopped alcohol intake. Biopsies were semi-quantitatively scored for: steatosis, inflammation, necrosis, fibrosis, apoptosis by TUNEL stain, percent fibrosis per square field, smooth muscle actin stain, Kupffer cells, polymorphonuclear leukocytes, lipogranules, lymphocytes, balloon cell formation, Mallory-Denk bodies, and duct metaplasia. RESULTS Comparing treatment arm to placebo arm, no significant difference was found between biopsy #1 and biopsy #2. However, when both study arms were grouped together, there was decrease in smooth muscle actin stain, where the P-value=0.027. CONCLUSION Treatment with SAMe did not show a statistically significant difference in the characteristics studied. However, when both the treatment and placebo arm data were grouped together to increase the n and power, there was a decrease in the smooth muscle actin stain, reflecting a decrease in stellate cells activation, likely due to the alcohol abstinence. This study suggests that it may not be beneficial to wait for more definitive treatment, like liver transplant in alcoholic liver disease patients, since the liver tissue remained largely with the same degree of pathology six months out, regardless of treatment.
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- Mary D Le
- Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Department of Pathology, Box 12, 1000 West Carson St, Torrance, CA 90502, USA.
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Turncliff RZ, Dunbar JL, Dong Q, Silverman BL, Ehrich EW, Dilzer SC, Lasseter KC. Pharmacokinetics of Long-Acting Naltrexone in Subjects With Mild to Moderate Hepatic Impairment. J Clin Pharmacol 2013; 45:1259-67. [PMID: 16239359 DOI: 10.1177/0091270005280199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Long-acting naltrexone is an extended-release formulation developed with the goal of continuous naltrexone exposure for 1 month for the treatment of alcohol dependence. The influence of mild and moderate hepatic impairment on naltrexone pharmacokinetics following long-acting naltrexone 190-mg administration was assessed. Subjects with mild (Child-Pugh grade A) and moderate (Child-Pugh grade B) hepatic impairment (n = 6 per group) and matched control subjects (n = 13) were enrolled. Naltrexone and 6beta-naltrexol concentrations were determined over a period of 63 days following a single intramuscular dose. Naltrexone and 6beta-naltrexol concentrations were detected in all subjects through 28 days. Total exposure (AUC(0-infinity)) of naltrexone and 6beta-naltrexol was similar across all groups. The long apparent half-lives of naltrexone and 6beta-naltrexol (5-8 days) were attributed to the slow release of naltrexone (long-acting naltrexone exhibits absorption rate-limited elimination or "flip-flop" kinetics); elimination was not altered in subjects with hepatic impairment. Based on pharmacokinetic considerations, the dose of long-acting naltrexone does not need to be adjusted in patients with mild or moderate hepatic impairment.
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Troisi JR. Perhaps More Consideration of Pavlovian-Operant Interaction May Improve the Clinical Efficacy of Behaviorally Based Drug Treatment Programs. PSYCHOLOGICAL RECORD 2013; 63:863-894. [PMID: 25346551 PMCID: PMC4205955 DOI: 10.11133/j.tpr.2013.63.4.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Drug abuse remains costly. Drug-related cues can evoke cue-reactivity and craving, contributing to relapse. The Pavlovian extinction-based cue-exposure therapy (CET) has not been very successful in treating drug abuse. A functional operant analysis of complex rituals involved in CET is outlined and reinterpreted as an operant heterogeneous chain maintained by observing responses, conditioned reinforcers, and discriminative stimuli. It is further noted that operant functions are not predicated on Pavlovian processes but can be influenced by them in contributing to relapse; several empirical studies from the animal and human literature highlight this view. Cue-reactivity evoked by Pavlovian processes is conceptualized as an operant establishing/motivating operation. CET may be more effective in incorporating an operant-based approach that takes into account the complexity of Pavlovian-operant interaction. Extinction of the operant chain coupled with the shaping of alternative behaviors is proposed as an integrated therapy. It is proposed that operant-based drug abuse treatments (contingency management, voucher programs, and the therapeutic work environment) might consider incorporating cue-reactivity, as establishing/motivating operations, to increase long-term success-a hybrid approach based on Pavlovian-operant interaction.
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Gacouin A, Roussel M, Gros A, Sauvadet E, Uhel F, Chimot L, Marque S, Camus C, Fest T, Le Tulzo Y. Chronic alcohol exposure, infection, extended circulating white blood cells differentiated by flow cytometry and neutrophil CD64 expression: a prospective, descriptive study of critically ill medical patients. Ann Intensive Care 2012; 2:50. [PMID: 23272900 PMCID: PMC3539872 DOI: 10.1186/2110-5820-2-50] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2012] [Accepted: 11/14/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background A history of prolonged and excessive consumption of alcohol increases the risk for infections. The goal of this study was to investigate circulating white blood cells (WBC) differentiated by flow cytometry and neutrophil CD64 expression in excessive alcohol drinkers versus abstinent or moderate drinkers, and in those with or without infection, in medical patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). Methods All patients admitted between September 2009 and March 2010 with an ICU-stay of 3 days or more were eligible for inclusion. Upon admission, hematological exams were conducted by flow cytometry. Results Overall, 281 adult were included, with 37% identified as at-risk drinkers. The only significant difference found in circulating WBC between at-risk and not-at-risk drinkers was a lower number of B lymphocytes in at-risk drinkers (P = 0.002). Four groups of patients were defined: not-at-risk drinkers with no infection (n = 66); not-at-risk drinkers with infection (n = 112); at-risk drinkers with no infection (n = 53); and at-risk drinkers with infection (n = 50). Whilst the presence of infection significantly reduced levels of noncytotoxic and cytotoxic T lymphocytes and significantly increased levels of CD16– monocytes in not-at-risk drinkers, with variation related to infection severity, infection had no effect on any of the variables assessed in at-risk drinkers. Post-hoc comparisons showed that B-lymphocyte, noncytotoxic, and cytotoxic T lymphocyte and CD16– counts in at-risk drinkers were similar to those in not-at-risk drinkers with infection and significantly lower than those in not-at-risk drinkers without infection. Neutrophil CD64 index varied significantly between groups, with variations related to infection, not previous alcohol consumption. Conclusions These results show that chronic alcohol exposure has an impact on the immune response to infection in critically ill medical patients. The absence of significant variations in circulating WBC seen in at-risk drinkers according to the severity of infection is suggestive of altered immune response.
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- Arnaud Gacouin
- CHU Rennes, Maladies Infectieuses et Réanimation Médicale, Rennes, F-35033, France.
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Pradhan B, Chappuis F, Baral D, Karki P, Rijal S, Hadengue A, Gache P. The alcohol use disorders identification test (AUDIT): validation of a Nepali version for the detection of alcohol use disorders and hazardous drinking in medical settings. Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 2012; 7:42. [PMID: 23039711 PMCID: PMC3508982 DOI: 10.1186/1747-597x-7-42] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2012] [Accepted: 10/01/2012] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Alcohol problems are a major health issue in Nepal and remain under diagnosed. Increase in consumption are due to many factors, including advertising, pricing and availability, but accurate information is lacking on the prevalence of current alcohol use disorders. The AUDIT (Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test) questionnaire developed by WHO identifies individuals along the full spectrum of alcohol misuse and hence provides an opportunity for early intervention in non-specialty settings. This study aims to validate a Nepali version of AUDIT among patients attending a university hospital and assess the prevalence of alcohol use disorders along the full spectrum of alcohol misuse. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted in patients attending the medicine out-patient department of a university hospital. DSM-IV diagnostic categories (alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence) were used as the gold standard to calculate the diagnostic parameters of the AUDIT. Hazardous drinking was defined as self reported consumption of ≥21 standard drink units per week for males and ≥14 standard drink units per week for females. RESULTS A total of 1068 individuals successfully completed the study. According to DSM-IV, drinkers were classified as follows: No alcohol problem (n=562; 59.5%), alcohol abusers (n= 78; 8.3%) and alcohol dependent (n=304; 32.2%). The prevalence of hazardous drinker was 67.1%. The Nepali version of AUDIT is a reliable and valid screening tool to identify individuals with alcohol use disorders in the Nepalese population. AUDIT showed a good capacity to discriminate dependent patients (with AUDIT ≥11 for both the gender) and hazardous drinkers (with AUDIT ≥5 for males and ≥4 for females). For alcohol dependence/abuse the cut off values was ≥9 for both males and females. CONCLUSION The AUDIT questionnaire is a good screening instrument for detecting alcohol use disorders in patients attending a university hospital. This study also reveals a very high prevalence of alcohol use disorders in Nepal.
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- Bickram Pradhan
- Department of Internal Medicine, B,P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal.
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Kim JH, Kim SJ, Lee WY, Cheon YH, Lee SS, Ju A, K M, Kim DJ. The Effects of Alcohol Abstinence on BDNF, Ghrelin, and Leptin Secretions in Alcohol-Dependent Patients with Glucose Intolerance. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2012; 37 Suppl 1:E52-8. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01921.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2012] [Accepted: 07/02/2012] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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- JH Kim
- Department of Biomedical Science; The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine; Seoul; South Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry; Seoul St Mary's Hospital; College of Medicine; The Catholic University of Korea; Seoul; South Korea
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism; Department of Internal Medicine; Kangbuk Samsung Hospital; Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine; Seoul; South Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry; Incheon Chamsarang Hospital; Seojin Medical Research Institute; Incheon; South Korea
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism; Department of Internal Medicine; Bucheon St Mary's Hospital; The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine; Bucheon; South Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Science; The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine; Seoul; South Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry; Seoul St Mary's Hospital; College of Medicine; The Catholic University of Korea; Seoul; South Korea
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Mitchell AJ, Meader N, Bird V, Rizzo M. Clinical recognition and recording of alcohol disorders by clinicians in primary and secondary care: meta-analysis. Br J Psychiatry 2012; 201:93-100. [PMID: 22859576 DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.110.091199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Clinicians have considerable difficulty identifying and helping those people with alcohol problems but no previous study has looked at this systematically. AIMS To determine clinicians' ability to routinely identify broadly defined alcohol problems. METHOD Data were extracted and rated by two authors, according to PRISMA standard and QUADAS criteria. Studies that examined the diagnostic accuracy of clinicians' opinion regarding the presence of alcohol problems as well as their written notation were evaluated. RESULTS A comprehensive search identified 48 studies that looked at the routine ability of clinicians to identify alcohol problems (12 in primary care, 31 in general hospitals and 5 in psychiatric settings). A total of 39 examined alcohol use disorder, 5 alcohol dependence and 4 intoxication. We separated studies into those using self-report and those using interview. The diagnostic sensitivity of primary care physicians (general practitioners) in the identification of alcohol use disorder was 41.7% (95% CI 23.0-61.7) but alcohol problems were recorded correctly in only 27.3% (95% CI 16.9-39.1) of primary care records. Hospital staff identified 52.4% (95% CI 35.9-68.7) of cases and made correct notations in 37.2% (95% CI 28.4-46.4) of case notes. Mental health professionals were able to correctly identify alcohol use disorder in 54.7% (95% CI 16.8-89.6) of cases. There were limited data regarding alcohol dependency and intoxication. Hospital staff were able to detect 41.7% (95% CI 16.5-69.5) of people with alcohol dependency and 89.8% (95% CI 70.4-99.4) of those acutely intoxicated. Specificity data were sparse. CONCLUSIONS Clinicians may consider simple screening methods such as self-report tools rather than relying on unassisted clinical judgement but the added value of screening over and above clinical diagnosis remains unclear.
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- Alex J Mitchell
- Leicester General Hospital, Leicester Partnership Trust, Leicester, UK.
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Rayner SG, Weinert CR, Peng H, Jepsen S, Broccard AF. Dexmedetomidine as adjunct treatment for severe alcohol withdrawal in the ICU. Ann Intensive Care 2012; 2:12. [PMID: 22620986 PMCID: PMC3464179 DOI: 10.1186/2110-5820-2-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2012] [Accepted: 05/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Patients undergoing alcohol withdrawal in the intensive care unit (ICU) often require escalating doses of benzodiazepines and not uncommonly require intubation and mechanical ventilation for airway protection. This may lead to complications and prolonged ICU stays. Experimental studies and single case reports suggest the α2-agonist dexmedetomidine is effective in managing the autonomic symptoms seen with alcohol withdrawal. We report a retrospective analysis of 20 ICU patients treated with dexmedetomidine for benzodiazepine-refractory alcohol withdrawal. METHODS Records from a 23-bed mixed medical-surgical ICU were abstracted from November 2008 to November 2010 for patients who received dexmedetomidine for alcohol withdrawal. The main analysis compared alcohol withdrawal severity scores and medication doses for 24 h before dexmedetomidine therapy with values during the first 24 h of dexmedetomidine therapy. RESULTS There was a 61.5% reduction in benzodiazepine dosing after initiation of dexmedetomidine (n = 17; p < 0.001) and a 21.1% reduction in alcohol withdrawal severity score (n = 11; p = .015). Patients experienced less tachycardia and systolic hypertension following dexmedetomidine initiation. One patient out of 20 required intubation. A serious adverse effect occurred in one patient, in whom dexmedetomidine was discontinued for two 9-second asystolic pauses noted on telemetry. CONCLUSIONS This observational study suggests that dexmedetomidine therapy for severe alcohol withdrawal is associated with substantially reduced benzodiazepine dosing, a decrease in alcohol withdrawal scoring and blunted hyperadrenergic cardiovascular response to ethanol abstinence. In this series, there was a low rate of mechanical ventilation associated with the above strategy. One of 20 patients suffered two 9-second asystolic pauses, which did not recur after dexmedetomidine discontinuation. Prospective trials are warranted to compare adjunct treatment with dexmedetomidine versus standard benzodiazepine therapy.
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- Samuel G Rayner
- University of Minnesota Medical School, 1803 E John Street Seattle, Seattle, WA 98112, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine; Fairview-Southdale Hospital, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Fairview-Southdale Hospital, 6401 France Ave. S., Edina, MN, 55435, USA
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- Fairview-Southdale Hospital, 6401 France Ave. S., Edina, MN, 55435, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine; Fairview-Southdale HospitalUniversity of Minnesota, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Mutlu EA, Gillevet PM, Rangwala H, Sikaroodi M, Naqvi A, Engen PA, Kwasny M, Lau CK, Keshavarzian A. Colonic microbiome is altered in alcoholism. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2012; 302:G966-78. [PMID: 22241860 PMCID: PMC3362077 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00380.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 539] [Impact Index Per Article: 44.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Several studies indicate the importance of colonic microbiota in metabolic and inflammatory disorders and importance of diet on microbiota composition. The effects of alcohol, one of the prominent components of diet, on colonic bacterial composition is largely unknown. Mounting evidence suggests that gut-derived bacterial endotoxins are cofactors for alcohol-induced tissue injury and organ failure like alcoholic liver disease (ALD) that only occur in a subset of alcoholics. We hypothesized that chronic alcohol consumption results in alterations of the gut microbiome in a subgroup of alcoholics, and this may be responsible for the observed inflammatory state and endotoxemia in alcoholics. Thus we interrogated the mucosa-associated colonic microbiome in 48 alcoholics with and without ALD as well as 18 healthy subjects. Colonic biopsy samples from subjects were analyzed for microbiota composition using length heterogeneity PCR fingerprinting and multitag pyrosequencing. A subgroup of alcoholics have an altered colonic microbiome (dysbiosis). The alcoholics with dysbiosis had lower median abundances of Bacteroidetes and higher ones of Proteobacteria. The observed alterations appear to correlate with high levels of serum endotoxin in a subset of the samples. Network topology analysis indicated that alcohol use is correlated with decreased connectivity of the microbial network, and this alteration is seen even after an extended period of sobriety. We show that the colonic mucosa-associated bacterial microbiome is altered in a subset of alcoholics. The altered microbiota composition is persistent and correlates with endotoxemia in a subgroup of alcoholics.
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- Ece A. Mutlu
- 1Department of Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, Section of Gastroenterology, Rush University Medical Center;
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- 3Microbiome Analysis Center, George Mason University, Prince William Campus, Manassas; and
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- 3Microbiome Analysis Center, George Mason University, Prince William Campus, Manassas; and ,4Department of Computer Science, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
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- 3Microbiome Analysis Center, George Mason University, Prince William Campus, Manassas; and
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- 3Microbiome Analysis Center, George Mason University, Prince William Campus, Manassas; and
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- 1Department of Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, Section of Gastroenterology, Rush University Medical Center;
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- 2Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois;
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- 1Department of Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, Section of Gastroenterology, Rush University Medical Center;
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- 1Department of Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, Section of Gastroenterology, Rush University Medical Center;
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A brief intervention reduces hazardous and harmful drinking in emergency department patients. Ann Emerg Med 2012; 60:181-92. [PMID: 22459448 DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2012.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2011] [Revised: 01/26/2012] [Accepted: 02/06/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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STUDY OBJECTIVE Brief interventions have been shown to reduce alcohol use and improve outcomes in hazardous and harmful drinkers, but evidence to support their use in emergency department (ED) patients is limited. The use of research assessments in studies of brief interventions may contribute to uncertainty about their effectiveness. Therefore we seek to determine (1) if an emergency practitioner-performed Brief Negotiation Interview or a Brief Negotiation Interview with a booster reduces alcohol consumption compared with standard care; and (2) the impact of research assessments on drinking outcomes using a standard care-no-assessment group. METHODS We randomized 889 adult ED patients with hazardous and harmful drinking. A total of 740 received an emergency practitioner-performed Brief Negotiation Interview (n=297), a Brief Negotiation Interview with a 1-month follow-up telephone booster (Brief Negotiation Interview with booster) (n=295), or standard care (n=148). We also included a standard care with no assessments (n=149) group to examine the effect of assessments on drinking outcomes. Primary outcomes analyzed with mixed-models procedures included past 7-day alcohol consumption and 28-day binge episodes at 6 and 12 months, collected by interactive voice response. Secondary outcomes included negative health behaviors and consequences collected by telephone surveys. RESULTS The reduction in mean number of drinks in the past 7 days from baseline to 6 and 12 months was significantly greater in the Brief Negotiation Interview with booster (from 20.4 [95% confidence interval {CI} 18.8 to 22.0] to 11.6 [95% CI 9.7 to 13.5] to 13.0 [95% CI 10.5 to 15.5]) and Brief Negotiation Interview (from 19.8 [95% CI 18.3 to 21.4] to 12.7 [95% CI 10.8 to 14.6] to 14.3 [95% CI 11.9 to 16.8]) than in standard care (from 20.9 [95% CI 18.7 to 23.2] to 14.2 [95% CI 11.2 to 17.1] to 17.6 [95% CI 14.1 to 21.2]). The reduction in 28-day binge episodes was also greater in the Brief Negotiation Interview with booster (from 7.5 [95% CI 6.8 to 8.2] to 4.4 [95% CI 3.6 to 5.2] to 4.7 [95% CI 3.9 to 5.6]) and Brief Negotiation Interview (from 7.2 [95% CI 6.5 to 7.9] to 4.8 [95% CI 4.0 to 5.6] to 5.1 [95% CI 4.2 to 5.9]) than in standard care (from 7.2 [95% CI 6.2 to 8.2] to 5.7 [95% CI 4.5 to 6.9] to 5.8 [95% CI 4.6 to 7.0]). The Brief Negotiation Interview with booster offered no significant benefit over the Brief Negotiation Interview alone. There were no differences in drinking outcomes between the standard care and standard care-no assessment groups. The reductions in rates of driving after drinking more than 3 drinks from baseline to 12 months were greater in the Brief Negotiation Interview (38% to 29%) and Brief Negotiation Interview with booster (39% to 31%) groups than in the standard care group (43% to 42%). CONCLUSION Emergency practitioner-performed brief interventions can reduce alcohol consumption and episodes of driving after drinking in hazardous and harmful drinkers. These results support the use of brief interventions in ED settings.
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Medici V, Virata MC, Peerson JM, Stabler SP, French SW, Gregory JF, Albanese A, Bowlus CL, Devaraj S, Panacek EA, Richards JR, Halsted CH. S-adenosyl-L-methionine treatment for alcoholic liver disease: a double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2012; 35:1960-5. [PMID: 22044287 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01547.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM) is the methyl donor for all methylation reactions and regulates the synthesis of glutathione, the main cellular antioxidant. Previous experimental studies suggested that SAM may benefit patients with established alcoholic liver diseases (ALDs). The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of SAM in treatment for ALD in a 24-week trial. The primary endpoints were changes in serum aminotransferase levels and liver histopathology scores, and the secondary endpoints were changes in serum levels of methionine metabolites. METHODS We randomized 37 patients with ALD to receive 1.2 g of SAM by mouth or placebo daily. Subjects were required to remain abstinent from alcohol drinking. A baseline liver biopsy was performed in 24 subjects, and a posttreatment liver biopsy was performed in 14 subjects. RESULTS Fasting serum SAM levels were increased over timed intervals in the SAM treatment group. The entire cohort showed an overall improvement of AST, ALT, and bilirubin levels after 24 weeks of treatment, but there were no differences between the treatment groups in any clinical or biochemical parameters nor any intra- or intergroup differences or changes in liver histopathology scores for steatosis, inflammation, fibrosis, and Mallory-Denk hyaline bodies. CONCLUSIONS Whereas abstinence improved liver function, 24 weeks of therapy with SAM was no more effective than placebo in the treatment for ALD.
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- Valentina Medici
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California 95817, USA.
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Christensen S, Johansen MB, Pedersen L, Jensen R, Larsen KM, Larsson A, Tønnesen E, Christiansen CF, Sørensen HT. Three-year mortality among alcoholic patients after intensive care: a population-based cohort study. CRITICAL CARE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CRITICAL CARE FORUM 2012; 16:R5. [PMID: 22226344 PMCID: PMC3396230 DOI: 10.1186/cc10603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2011] [Revised: 11/03/2011] [Accepted: 01/08/2012] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Alcoholic patients comprise a large proportion of patients in intensive care units (ICUs). However, data are limited on the impact of alcoholism on mortality after intensive care. METHODS We conducted a cohort study among 16,848 first-time ICU patients between 2001 and 2007 to examine 30-day and 3-year mortality among alcoholic patients. Alcoholic patients with and without complications of alcohol misuse (for example, alcoholic liver disease) were identified from previous hospital contacts for alcoholism-related conditions or redemption of a prescription for alcohol deterrents. Data on medication use, demographics, hospital diagnoses, and comorbidity were obtained from medical databases. We computed 30-day and 3-year mortality and mortality rate ratios (MRRs) by using Cox regression analysis, controlling for covariates. RESULTS In total, 1,229 (7.3%) ICU patients were current alcoholics. Among alcoholic patients without complications of alcoholism (n=785, 4.7% of the cohort), 30-day mortality was 15.9% compared with 19.7% among nonalcoholic patients. Compared with nonalcoholic patients, the adjusted 30-day MRR was 1.04 (95% confidence interval (CI), 0.87 to 1.25). Three-year mortality was 36.2% compared with 40.9% among nonalcoholic patients, corresponding to an adjusted 3-year MRR of 1.16 (95% CI, 1.03 to 1.31). For alcoholic patients with complications (n=444, 2.6% of the cohort), 30-day mortality was 33.6%, and 3-year mortality was 64.5%, corresponding to adjusted MRRs, with nonalcoholics as the comparator, of 1.64 (95% CI, 1.38 to 1.95) and 1.67 (95% CI, 1.48 to 1.90), respectively. CONCLUSIONS Alcoholic ICU patients with chronic complications of alcoholism have substantially increased 30-day and 3-year mortality. In contrast, alcoholics without complications have no increased 30-day and only slightly increased 3- year mortality.
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- Steffen Christensen
- Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Olof Palmes alle 43-45, Aarhus N, 8240, Denmark.
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Sullivan M, Risler E. Understanding College Alcohol Abuse and Academic Performance: Selecting Appropriate Intervention Strategies. JOURNAL OF COLLEGE COUNSELING 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-1882.2002.tb00213.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Roffman JL, Stern TA. Alcohol withdrawal in the setting of elevated blood alcohol levels. PRIMARY CARE COMPANION TO THE JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY 2011; 8:170-3. [PMID: 16912820 PMCID: PMC1540391 DOI: 10.4088/pcc.v08n0307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Manjunatha N, Saddichha S, Sinha BN, Khess CR, Isaac MK. Chronology of alcohol dependence: implications in prevention. Indian J Community Med 2011; 33:233-7. [PMID: 19876496 PMCID: PMC2763705 DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.42375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2008] [Accepted: 04/22/2008] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Background: Study of the chronology of criteria of dependence in alcohol dependence syndrome (ADS) can enable us design strategies for the prevention for ADS, which aims at reducing the occurrence of ADS. Objective: To study the age-wise and order-wise chronologies of ICD-10 (DCR) dependence criteria in individuals with ADS. Materials and Methods: Consecutively admitted and consenting inpatients with ICD-10 (DCR) diagnosis of ADS were evaluated in a structured interview after detoxification using Semi-Structured Assessment for the Genetics of Alcoholism (SSAGA)-II. Results: The total sample size was 81. The mean ages at the first onset of alcohol use, development of the first criterion and International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision (ICD-10) dependence was 18.72 years (SD, 6.84), 24.33 years (SD, 9.21) and 27.51 years (SD, 9.28), respectively. In age-wise chronology, tolerance, loss of control and craving were present in 97.53%, 80.24% and 79%, respectively, of our study sample. In order-wise chronology, either craving (16%) or tolerance (71.6%) was present as the first criterion and the presence of craving (16%), tolerance (21%) or loss of control (18.5%) was observed in the first criterion in 55.5% of the subjects. Conclusions: Knowledge of chronology, its frequencies and time duration between various milestones in the development of the dependence criteria may enable the selection of the target population at an early stage. The pattern of development of dependence may provide us with an opportunity for interventions to reduce the incidence of ADS, as a step toward primary prevention. Adequate training of the primary care personnel and early psychiatric referral may help in the reduction in the incidence of ADS.
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Caputo F, Francini S, Brambilla R, Vigna-Taglianti F, Stoppo M, Del Re A, Leggio L, Addolorato G, Zoli G, Bernardi M. Sodium oxybate in maintaining alcohol abstinence in alcoholic patients with and without psychiatric comorbidity. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 2011; 21:450-6. [PMID: 21276717 DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2010.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2010] [Revised: 12/06/2010] [Accepted: 12/21/2010] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Sodium oxybate (SMO) is a GABA-ergic drug currently used for the treatment of alcohol-dependence in some European countries. In particular, clinical studies have shown a role of SMO in promoting alcohol abstinence, as well as in relieving withdrawal symptoms. The aim of this study was to describe alcohol abstinence and the onset of craving for and abuse of SMO in alcohol-dependent subjects with and without psychiatric co-morbidity. Forty-eight patients were enrolled and classified into two groups: group A (20 alcoholics without any psychiatric co-morbidity) and group B (28 alcoholics with a psychiatric co-morbidity). All patients were treated with oral SMO (50 mg/kg of body weight t.i.d.) for 12 weeks. Alcohol abstinence as well as alcohol drinking during the 12 weeks of treatment did not differ between the two groups at the end of treatment (p=0.9). In addition, a reduction of alcohol intake in both groups has been observed (p<0.0001). On the other hand, craving for SMO was significantly more frequent in group B than group A (p=0.001). Cases of SMO abuse were observed in almost 10% of group B patients. In conclusion, alcohol abstinence achieved through SMO administration does not differ in patients with and without psychiatric co-morbidity. However, alcoholics with co-morbid borderline disorders appear to be at high risk of developing craving for and abuse of the drug; therefore, SMO may not be indicated in these patients.
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- Fabio Caputo
- "G. Fontana" Centre for the Study and Multidisciplinary Treatment of Alcohol Addiction, Department of Internal Medicine, Cardioangiology and Hepatology, University of Bologna, Italy.
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Different Methods of Early Identification of Risky Drinking: A Review of Clinical Signs. Alcohol Alcohol 2011; 46:283-91. [DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agr021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Clair C, Chiolero A, Faeh D, Cornuz J, Marques-Vidal P, Paccaud F, Mooser V, Waeber G, Vollenweider P. Dose-dependent positive association between cigarette smoking, abdominal obesity and body fat: cross-sectional data from a population-based survey. BMC Public Health 2011; 11:23. [PMID: 21223575 PMCID: PMC3025841 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2010] [Accepted: 01/11/2011] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Background Although smokers tend to have a lower body-mass index than non-smokers, smoking may favour abdominal body fat accumulation. To our knowledge, no population-based studies have assessed the relationship between smoking and body fat composition. We assessed the association between cigarette smoking and waist circumference, body fat, and body-mass index. Methods Height, weight, and waist circumference were measured among 6,123 Caucasians (ages 35-75) from a cross-sectional population-based study in Switzerland. Abdominal obesity was defined as waist circumference ≥102 cm for men and ≥88 cm for women. Body fat (percent total body weight) was measured by electrical bioimpedance. Age- and sex-specific body fat cut-offs were used to define excess body fat. Cigarettes smoked per day were assessed by self-administered questionnaire. Age-adjusted means and odds ratios were calculated using linear and logistic regression. Results Current smokers (29% of men and 24% of women) had lower mean waist circumference, body fat percentage, and body-mass index compared with non-smokers. Age-adjusted mean waist circumference and body fat increased with cigarettes smoked per day among smokers. The association between cigarettes smoked per day and body-mass index was non-significant. Compared with light smokers, the adjusted odds ratio (OR) for abdominal obesity in men was 1.28 (0.78-2.10) for moderate smokers and 1.94 (1.15-3.27) for heavy smokers (P = 0.03 for trend), and 1.07 (0.72-1.58) and 2.15 (1.26-3.64) in female moderate and heavy smokers, respectively (P < 0.01 for trend). Compared with light smokers, the OR for excess body fat in men was 1.05 (95% CI: 0.58-1.92) for moderate smokers and 1.15 (0.60-2.20) for heavy smokers (P = 0.75 for trend) and 1.34 (0.89-2.00) and 2.11 (1.25-3.57), respectively in women (P = 0.07 for trend). Conclusion Among smokers, cigarettes smoked per day were positively associated with central fat accumulation, particularly in women.
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- Carole Clair
- Department of Ambulatory Care and Community Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Medici V, M.Peerson J, Stabler SP, French SW, Gregory JF, Virata MC, Albanese A, Bowlus CL, Devaraj S, Panacek EA, Rahim N, Richards JR, Rossaro L, Halsted CH. Impaired homocysteine transsulfuration is an indicator of alcoholic liver disease. J Hepatol 2010; 53:551-7. [PMID: 20561703 PMCID: PMC2923260 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2010.03.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2010] [Revised: 03/17/2010] [Accepted: 03/24/2010] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Although abnormal hepatic methionine metabolism plays a central role in the pathogenesis of experimental alcoholic liver disease (ALD), its relationship to the risk and severity of clinical ALD is not known. The aim of this clinical study was to determine the relationship between serum levels of methionine metabolites in chronic alcoholics and the risk and pathological severity of ALD. METHODS Serum levels of liver function biochemical markers, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, folate, homocysteine, methionine, S-adenosylmethionine, S-adenosylhomocysteine, cystathionine, cysteine, alpha-aminobutyrate, glycine, serine, and dimethylglycine were measured in 40 ALD patients, of whom 24 had liver biopsies, 26 were active drinkers without liver disease, and 28 were healthy subjects. RESULTS Serum homocysteine was elevated in all alcoholics, whereas ALD patients had low vitamin B6 with elevated cystathionine and decreased alpha-aminobutyrate/cystathionine ratios, consistent with decreased activity of vitamin B6 dependent cystathionase. The alpha-aminobutyrate/cystathionine ratio predicted the presence of ALD, while cystathionine correlated with the stage of fibrosis in all ALD patients. CONCLUSIONS The predictive role of the alpha-aminobutyrate/cystathionine ratio for the presence of ALD and the correlation between cystathionine serum levels with the severity of fibrosis point to the importance of the homocysteine transsulfuration pathway in ALD and may have important diagnostic and therapeutic implications.
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- Valentina Medici
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA.
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- Department of Nutrition, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO
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- Department of Pathology, UCLA/Harbor Medical Center, Torrance, CA
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- Food Science and Human Nutrition Department, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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- Gastroenterology Section, Sacramento Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Sacramento, CA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA,Department of Nutrition, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA
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Skrobik Y, Ahern S, Leblanc M, Marquis F, Awissi DK, Kavanagh BP. Protocolized Intensive Care Unit Management of Analgesia, Sedation, and Delirium Improves Analgesia and Subsyndromal Delirium Rates. Anesth Analg 2010; 111:451-63. [DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181d7e1b8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 219] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Farhadi A, Keshavarzian A, Kwasny MJ, Shaikh M, Fogg L, Lau C, Fields JZ, Forsyth CB. Effects of aspirin on gastroduodenal permeability in alcoholics and controls. Alcohol 2010; 44:447-56. [PMID: 20598487 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2010.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2009] [Revised: 04/27/2010] [Accepted: 05/12/2010] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Alcohol and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are noxious agents that can disrupt the integrity of the gastroduodenal mucosal and damage the epithelial barrier and lead to increased gastroduodenal permeability. Moreover, it is not uncommon that patients are exposed to these two barrier stressors at the same time. It is thus important to know how simultaneous exposure affects the gastroduodenal barrier, and acquiring that knowledge was the goal of this study. We used a method that has been widely used for the assessment of injury to the gastroduodenal barrier induced by these noxious agents-measurement of gastroduodenal permeability as indicated by urinary excretion of ingested sucrose. We used gas chromatography to measure the amount of sucrose excreted in the urine over the 5-12h after ingestion of a bolus of sucrose. The 148 participants in the study included 92 alcoholics and 56 healthy controls. All study subjects had a baseline permeability test. To determine whether addition of a second noxious agent, in addition to chronic alcohol, further decreases gastroduodenal barrier integrity, a subset of 118 study subjects participated in another permeability test in which they were exposed to aspirin. For this test, participants ingested 1,300 mg aspirin twice, 12 and 1h before the final permeability test. The baseline permeability test showed that alcoholics have significantly higher gastroduodenal permeability than controls. Aspirin caused a significant within-group absolute increase in gastroduodenal permeability in both alcoholics and controls (+7.72%, P=.003 and +2.25%, P=.011, respectively), but the magnitude of these increases was not significantly different from each other. Baseline permeability did vary by gender, self-reported illegal drug use, and employment type. The extent of the permeability increase after aspirin ingestion varied with illegal drug use and recruitment site (a surrogate marker of socioeconomic status). Our data show that alcoholics have greater gastroduodenal permeability than healthy controls. This difference was independent of the duration of any preceding period of sobriety, gender, smoking history, or illicit drug abuse. The injurious effects of alcohol on the gastroduodenal epithelial barrier are long lasting, persisting even after 7 days of sobriety. Although, acute aspirin and chronic alcohol each increase intestinal permeability in alcoholics, their effects appear to be additive rather than synergistic.
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- Ashkan Farhadi
- Department of Medicine, Rush University, Chicago, IL, USA
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Maheshwari A, Dalton JE, Yared JP, Mascha EJ, Kurz A, Sessler DI. The Association Between Alcohol Consumption and Morbidity and Mortality in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2010; 24:580-5. [DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2009.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2009] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Naqvi A, Rangwala H, Keshavarzian A, Gillevet P. Network-based modeling of the human gut microbiome. Chem Biodivers 2010; 7:1040-50. [PMID: 20491063 PMCID: PMC3681515 DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.200900324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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In this article, we used a network-based approach to characterize the microflora abundance in colonic mucosal samples and correlate potential interactions between the identified species with respect to the healthy and diseased states. We analyzed the modelled network by computing several local and global network statistics, identified recurring patterns or motifs, fit the network models to a family of well-studied graph models. This study has demonstrated, for the first time, an approach that differentiated the gut microbiota in alcoholic subjects and healthy subjects using topological network analysis of the gut microbiome.
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- Ammar Naqvi
- Microbiome Analysis Center, Manassas, VA, 20110 USA, phone: 703-993-1057
- Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Department, Manassas, VA, 20110 USA
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- Department of Computer Science, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 22030 USA
- Microbiome Analysis Center, Manassas, VA, 20110 USA, phone: 703-993-1057
- Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Department, Manassas, VA, 20110 USA
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 60612 USA
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- Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 22030 USA
- Microbiome Analysis Center, Manassas, VA, 20110 USA, phone: 703-993-1057
- Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Department, Manassas, VA, 20110 USA
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Lucidarme O, Seguin A, Daubin C, Ramakers M, Terzi N, Beck P, Charbonneau P, du Cheyron D. Nicotine withdrawal and agitation in ventilated critically ill patients. CRITICAL CARE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CRITICAL CARE FORUM 2010; 14:R58. [PMID: 20380688 PMCID: PMC2887179 DOI: 10.1186/cc8954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2009] [Revised: 12/10/2009] [Accepted: 04/09/2010] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Smoking is highly addictive, and nicotine abstinence is associated with withdrawal syndrome in hospitalized patients. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the impact of sudden nicotine abstinence on the development of agitation and delirium, and on morbidities and outcomes in critically ill patients who required respiratory support, either noninvasive ventilation or intubation, and mechanical ventilation. METHODS We conducted a prospective, observational study in two intensive care units (ICUs). The 144 consecutive patients admitted to ICUs and requiring mechanical ventilation for >48 hours were included. Smoking status was assessed at ICU admission by using the Fagerström Test of Nicotine Dependence (FTND). Agitation, with the Sedation-Agitation Scale (SAS), and delirium, with the Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist (ICDSC), were tested twice daily during the ICU stay. Agitation and delirium were defined by SAS >4 and ICDSC >4, respectively. Nosocomial complications and outcomes were evaluated. RESULTS Smokers (n = 44) were younger and more frequently male and were more likely to have a history of alcoholism and to have septic shock as the reason for ICU admission than were nonsmokers. The incidence of agitation, but not delirium, increased significantly in the smoker group (64% versus 32%; P = 0.0005). Nicotine abstinence was associated with higher incidences of self-removal of tubes and catheters, and with more interventions, including the need for supplemental sedatives, analgesics, neuroleptics, and physical restraints. Sedation-free days, ventilator-free days, length of stay, and mortality in ICUs did not differ between groups. Multivariate analysis identified active smoking (OR, 3.13; 95% CI, 1.45-6.74; P = 0.003) as an independent risk factor for agitation. Based on a subgroup of 56 patients, analysis of 28 pairs of patients (smokers and nonsmokers in a 1:1 ratio) matched for age, gender, and alcoholism status found similar results regarding the role of nicotine withdrawal in increasing the risk of agitation during an ICU stay. CONCLUSIONS Nicotine withdrawal was associated with agitation and higher morbidities in critically ill patients. These results suggest the need to look specifically at those patients with tobacco dependency by using the FTND in ICU settings. Identifying patients at risk of behavioral disorders may lead to earlier interventions in routine clinical practice.
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- Olivier Lucidarme
- Service de Réanimation Polyvalente, CH mémorial France-Etats-Unis de Saint-Lô, Saint-Lô, France.
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