[The EEG, CAT and alcoholism].
The authors made a retrospective study of 355 patients with the diagnosis of "Dependence" (n = 324) and "Abuse" (n = 31) of alcohol. 205 of them were outpatients and 150 inpatients from the Medical Psychological and Psychiatric Department of the Clinical University Hospital in Valladolid, since 1980 to 1984. It's studied demand of psychiatric services in the alcoholic population, the sex (87.88% of men and 12.11% of women) the mean age (about 42 years in men and 37 years in women), the diagnosis of alcoholism ("Dependence" or "Abuse") and the characteristics of them ("Outpatients" or "Inpatients"). Later, they reviewed two usual instrumental tests in Psychiatry: The E.E.G., which was made in 261 patients (normal in 85%) and the C.A.T., made in 13 cases, with cerebral atrophy in the 61%. At last, a historical review was made about these instrumental tests in the alcoholic disease, and the authors propose, too, two decision trees for the differential diagnosis and the treatment of alcoholic convulsions. The study presented, also, 9 Tables, 2 Figures and 54 references.
Conde López
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Area de Psiquiatría de la Facultad de Medicina, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid.
Pacheco Yáñez
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Pérez Puente
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
E.E.G., T.A.C. y alcoholismo.