The Economic Burden of Infective Endocarditis due to Injection Drug Use in Australia: A Single Centre Study—University Hospital Geelong, Barwon Health, Victoria by Ohide Otome, Alexander Wright, Vanika Gunjaca, Steve Bowe, Eugene Athan

“…The total medical cost for the 22 episodes is estimated at $1,628,359 Australian dollars (AUD). The median cost per episode was a median cost of $ 61363 AUD (IQR: $2806 to $266,357 AUD). …”
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Does semaglutide reduce alcohol intake in Danish patients with alcohol use disorder and comorbid obesity? Trial protocol of a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinica... by Jens Juul Holst, Tina Vilsbøll, Claus Thorn Ekstrøm, Helene Benveniste, Nora D Volkow, Anders Fink-Jensen, Gitte M Knudsen, Mette Kruse Klausen, Tugba Kuzey, Julie Niemann Pedersen, Signe Keller Justesen, Line Rasmussen, Ulla B Knorr, Graeme Mason, George Koob

“…Introduction Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a massive burden for the individual, relatives and society. …”
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Development of a non-specialist worker delivered psychological intervention to address alcohol use disorders and psychological distress among conflict-affected populations in Ugand... by Abhijit Nadkarni, Alessandro Massazza, Wietse A. Tol, Sergiy Bogdanov, Lena S. Andersen, Quincy Moore, Bayard Roberts, Helen A. Weiss, Soumya Singh, Melissa Neuman, Carl May, Daniela C. Fuhr

“…Abstract Background Despite the significant burden of alcohol use disorders (AUD), there is a large treatment gap, especially in settings and populations affected by armed conflict. …”
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Advancing Behavioral HIV Prevention: Adapting an Evidence-Based Intervention for People Living with HIV and Alcohol Use Disorders by M. L. Armstrong, A. M. LaPlante, F. L. Altice, M. Copenhaver, P. E. Molina

“…Alcohol use disorders (AUDs) are highly prevalent among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and are associated with increased HIV risk behaviors, suboptimal treatment adherence, and greater risk for disease progression. …”
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Evaluating the impact of concurrent sucrose availability on operant ethanol self-administration in male and female Long Evans rats by Olivia A. Ortelli, Jeffrey L. Weiner

“…These experiments demonstrate the utility of two concurrent choice paradigms that can more accurately capture AUD-like phenotypes, such as ethanol-directed choice in the face of alternative reinforcers. …”
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Assessing the effectiveness of brief interventional group therapy on severity of illness, readiness for change, self-efficacy and motivation levels in patients with alcohol use dis... by Romesh Bagde, Adnan Kadiani, Janhavi Kedare, Smriti Shailly

“…Background: There has been an increase in the estimated burden of alcohol use disorders (AUD) in countries like India. Treatment of AUD needs to be multi model and can be pharmacological and Psychological is their approach. …”
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Early life psychosocial stress increases binge-like ethanol consumption and CSF1R inhibition prevents stress-induced alterations in microglia and brain macrophage population densit... by Stephen C. Gironda, Samuel W. Centanni, Jeffrey L. Weiner

“…Therefore, our study suggests that acutely inhibiting microglia and brain macrophage function during periods of early life PSS may prevent innate immune memory formation and assist in reducing the risk to develop AUD.…”
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The epidemiology of substance use disorders in Saudi Arabia: findings from the Saudi national mental health survey by Yasmin Altwaijri, Corina Benjet, Marya Akkad, Lisa Bilal, Mohammad Talal Naseem, Abdulhameed Al-Habeeb, Abdullah S. Al-Subaie, Nouf K. Al-Saud

“…Abstract Background Substance use disorders (SUDs), encompassing alcohol (AUDs) and drug use disorders (DUDs), are significant global public health concerns. …”
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B-phosphatidylethanol testing to identify hazardous alcohol use in primary health care—a game changer and a challenge for general practitioners: a qualitative study by Åsa Steensland, Anna Segernäs, Mårten Larsson, Andrea Johansson Capusan, Lisa Kastbom

“…Background and aims Alcohol use disorder (AUD) and hazardous alcohol use are common but underdiagnosed in primary health care (PHC). …”
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Suicide Ideation among Outpatients with Alcohol Use Disorder by Wen-Yu Hsu, Ting-Gang Chang, Cheng-Chen Chang, Nan-Ying Chiu, Chieh-Hsin Lin, Hsien-Yuan Lane

“…Individuals with substance use disorders, particularly those with alcohol use disorder (AUD), have a high risk of suicide. Therefore, identifying risk factors for suicide in these individuals is crucial. …”
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Effects of entinostat, quisinostat, and tubastatin-A on alcohol consumption in male high ethanol consuming rats by Sheketha R. Hauser, Sheketha R. Hauser, Laura B. Ferguson, Laura B. Ferguson, Tiebing Liang, Erin E. Jarvis, R. Dayne Mayfield, Richard L. Bell, Richard L. Bell

“…BackgroundThe interaction between genetics, epigenetics, and the environment plays a key role in the development of alcohol use disorder (AUD). Pharmacological treatments targeting histone deacetylases (HDACs) suggest that HDAC inhibitors (HDACi) may be potential pharmacotherapeutic treatments for AUD. …”
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Christian Cooijmans (red.): "Islands of Place and Space. A Festschrift in Honour of Arne Kruse". by Aud Kirsti Pedersen

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Pengembangan Buku Saku: Pendampingan Orang Tua untuk Optimalisasi Perkembangan NAM Anak Usia Dini di Era Digital by Desni Yuniarni, Pratista Arya Satwika, Novia Solichah

“…Semakin berkembangnya teknologi di era digital, membuat kurang terstimulasinya aspek NAM bagi anak usia dini (AUD). Padahal orang tua memiliki peran penting dalam mendampingi anak untuk membentuk NAMnya. …”
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Short-Term Effect of Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion and Multiple Daily Injection in Perioperative Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Wei Song, Jianxuan Wen, Jinming Zhang, Meng Luo, Yue Hu, Yu Zhang, Guanjie Fan, Ling Zhao

“…Regarding slack variables, with higher surgical levels, the CSII group was closer to the ideal state than the MDI group, which indicated in improving the average fasting blood glucose (AFBG), antibiotic use days (AUD), preoperative blood glucose control time (PBGCT), first postoperative day fasting blood glucose (FPDFBG), and postoperative hospitalization days (PHD). …”
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De macrostructuur van het boek Samuël en de theologische implicaties daarvan by HJ Koorevaar

“…Through the chiastic structure of the book it appears that the vision of the messianic kingship in the introduction reaches its goal in the person of David aud his dynasty in the conclusion. 3)Through the work of Herbert H. …”
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Presence of distinct operant phenotypes and transient withdrawal-induced escalation of operant ethanol intake in female rats by Joseph R Pitock, Shannon R Wheeler, Arleen Perez Ayala, Shikun Hou, Nathaly M Arce Soto, Elizabeth J Glover

“…Operant self-administration is frequently used to investigate the neurobiological mechanisms underlying alcohol seeking and drinking and to evaluate treatments of alcohol use disorder (AUD). Although widely used by the research community, there is a paucity of operant ethanol self-administration studies that include female subjects. …”
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Using the ADAPT guidance to culturally adapt a brief intervention to reduce alcohol use among injury patients in Tanzania. by Catherine A Staton, Armand Zimmerman, Msafiri Pesambili, Ashley J Phillips, Anna Tupetz, Joao Vitor Perez de Souza, Judith Boshe, Michael H Pantalon, Monica Swahn, Blandina T Mmbaga, Joao Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci

“…At KCMC, 30% of injury patients screened positive for alcohol use disorder (AUD), with a five-fold increased risk of injury, primarily from road traffic accidents and violence. …”
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A novel bladder cancer surveillance schedule using bladder Cx for patients on annual surveillance by Arjun Guduguntla, Thomas Whish‐Wilson, Lauren Chandler, Dennis Gyomber

“…The hospital surveillance cystoscopy waitlist was reduced by approximately 59% and CxM was approximately $850 AUD cheaper than a cystoscopy. Conclusion CxM can be safely used in an alternating schedule with Flexible Cystoscopy for patients on annual bladder cancer surveillance.…”
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Impact of hospital formulary intervention on carbapenem use: a segmented time-series analysis of consumption and a propensity score-matched non-inferiority study of treatment effic... by Nakaba Okamura, Ayano Katagiri, Tomoya Komori, Kei Kawanabe, Hirofumi Koike, Yukiko Sahashi, Rie Kubota

“…Monthly antibiotic consumption was measured by antibiotic use density (AUD). The primary outcomes were changes in doripenem use and treatment efficacy for intra-abdominal infections. …”
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Distinct sex differences in ethanol consumption and operant self-administration in C57BL/6J mice with uniform regulation by glutamate AMPAR activity by Sara Faccidomo, Sara Faccidomo, Vallari R. Eastman, Taruni S. Santanam, Katarina S. Swaim, Seth M. Taylor, Clyde W. Hodge, Clyde W. Hodge

“…IntroductionConsidering sex as a biological variable (SABV) in preclinical research can enhance understanding of the neurobiology of alcohol use disorder (AUD). However, the behavioral and neural mechanisms underlying sex-specific differences remain unclear. …”
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