Traduction de «alcohol withdrawal syndrome » (Anglais → Français) :

Definition: This block contains a wide variety of disorders that differ in severity and clinical form but that are all attributable to the use of one or more psychoactive substances, which may or may not have been medically prescribed. The third character of the code identifies the substance involved, and the fourth character specifies the clinical state. The codes should be used, as required, for each substance specified, but it should be noted that not all fourth character codes are applicable to all substances. Identification of the psychoactive substance should be based on as many sources of information as possible. These include self-report data, analysis of blood and other body fluids, characteristic physical and psychological symptom ...[+++]s, clinical signs and behaviour, and other evidence such as a drug being in the patient's possession or reports from informed third parties. Many drug users take more than one type of psychoactive substance. The main diagnosis should be classified, whenever possible, according to the substance or class of substances that has caused or contributed most to the presenting clinical syndrome. Other diagnoses should be coded when other psychoactive substances have been taken in intoxicating amounts (common fourth character .0) or to the extent of causing harm (common fourth character .1), dependence (common fourth character .2) or other disorders (common fourth character .3-.9). Only in cases in which patterns of psychoactive substance-taking are chaotic and indiscriminate, or in which the contributions of different psychoactive substances are inextricably mixed, should the diagnosis of disorders resulting from multiple drug use (F19.-) be used. | Modifiers The following fourth-character subdivisions are for use with categories F10-F19: Code Title .0 Acute intoxication A condition that follows the administration of a psychoactive substance resulting in disturbances in level of consciousness, cognition, perception, affect or behaviour, o ...

withdrawal syndrome | withdrawal symptoms | abstinence syndrome | abstinence symptoms

delirium tremens [ DT's | alcoholic delirium | alcohol withdrawal-induced delirium ]

withdrawal syndrome [ abstinence syndrome | abstinence ]

Alcohol withdrawal scale

Definition: A syndrome that occurs following head trauma (usually sufficiently severe to result in loss of consciousness) and includes a number of disparate symptoms such as headache, dizziness, fatigue, irritability, difficulty in concentration and performing mental tasks, impairment of memory, insomnia, and reduced tolerance to stress, emotional excitement, or alcohol. | Postcontusional syndrome (encephalopathy) Post-traumatic brain syndrome, nonpsychotic

Drug withdrawal syndrome in infant of dependent mother

Fetal alcohol syndrome

It is of lesser severity than withdrawal from alcohol or opiates, though given the prevalence of cannabis use it may be one of the more common dependency syndromes in Western societies, though few individuals seek treatment.

The babies of these mothers who are prescribed these drugs are born with withdrawal symptoms very similar to fetal alcohol syndrome, and in the long term their lives can be seriously affected.

It is of lesser severity than withdrawal from tobacco, alcohol or opiates but, given the prevalence of cannabis use, it may be one of the more common dependency syndromes in western societies, although few individuals ever actively seek treatment for this syndrome.