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Correlation of state of consiousness and serum levels of alcohoil in alcohol addicts and non- adicts

The aim of this paper was to determine the correlatiun between the state of consiousness and serum levels of alcohol in alcohol addicts and non.addicts, intoxicated with alcohol. The acutely intoxicated subjects were patients admittes for detoxification in the Intensive Care Unit of the Dpt for alcoholism of Clinic for Psychiatry, Clinical Hospital Sisters of mercy, during the first six months of the year 2004. The healthy controls group consisted of a group of healthy volunteers. The results are analysed considering the differences of state of consciousness between alcohol addicts and non.addicts. Due to the mechanisms of addaption ant tolerance to alcohol, the intoxicated addicts manifest differetnt changes of consciousness at the same serum levels of alcohol compared to the intoxicated non.addicts.

consiousness ; serum level of alcohol

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