Publications by authors named "Csenge Kovacs"
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- The study investigates the role of seasonality in alcohol-related delirium tremens (DT), a severe form of alcohol withdrawal, identifying spring, particularly March, as a critical time for higher DT incidences.
- Researchers analyzed medical records from 1,591 patients between 2008 and 2015, using statistical methods to compare different categories of alcohol-related disorders and to identify predictors of DT.
- Findings suggest that older age and comorbid somatic disorders are significant risk factors for DT, highlighting the importance of further research to understand how seasonal changes impact this condition.
Background: Although the Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment for Alcohol - Revised (CIWA-Ar) is a gold standard tool for the clinical evaluation of alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS), a systematic analysis using the total scores of the CIWA-Ar as a means of an objective follow-up of the course and treatment of AWS is missing. The aims of the present study were to systematically evaluate scientific data using the CIWA-Ar, to reveal whether the aggregated CIWA-Ar total scores follow the course of AWS and to compare benzodiazepine (BZD) and non-benzodiazepine (nBZD) therapies in AWS.
Methods: 1054 findings were identified with the keyword "ciwa" from four databases (PubMed, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, Cochrane Registry).
The available literature and protocols have unequivocally suggested that the Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment of Alcohol, Revised is a psychometric scale for identifying and following the signs of alcohol withdrawal. However, there has not been any validated tool for the identification of withdrawal symptoms in Hungarian general hospital settings. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the validity and the reliability of the Hungarian version of this scale among patients hospitalized with alcohol withdrawal syndrome.
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