3 results match your criteria: "Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre. Instituto I+12[Affiliation]"

Associations of hypomagnesemia in patients seeking a first treatment of alcohol use disorder.

Drug Alcohol Depend

April 2023

Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol - IGTP, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain. Electronic address:

Introduction: Hypomagnesemia (hypoMg) has not yet been extensively studied in alcohol use disorder (AUD) . We hypothesize that chronic, excessive alcohol consumption favors oxidative stress and pro-inflammatory alterations that may be exacerbated by hypoMg. The objective of this study was to analyze the prevalence and associations of hypoMg in AUD.

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Sex-specific Associations of Alcohol Withdrawal in Patients Admitted for the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder.

J Addict Med

June 2021

Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol - IGTP, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain (AS, PZ, DF, RM); Alcohol Unit, Hospital Universitari Son Espases - IdISPa, Palma de Mallorca, Spain (AS); Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre - Instituto i+12, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain (GR); Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona - IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain (AG); Department of Neuropsychiatry and Addictions, Hospital del Mar - IMIM, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain (MT); Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge- IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain (FB); IBIMA Biomedical Research Institut - Málaga, Spain (FRdF).

Objectives: There are sex differences in the pattern of alcohol consumption and in the complications of alcohol use disorder (AUD). We aimed to identify sex-specific differences in the factors associated with alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) among patients that requested a first treatment for AUD.

Methods: We enrolled 313 patients (75% men) with a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fifth Edition) AUD diagnosis that started treatment between 2014 and 2016.

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