Mohamed Zakir Karuvetil

• Prevalence and Correlates of Physical Comorbidities in Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD)

  Open Access•P V AshaRani, Mohamed Zakir Karuvetil et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of Mental…•2022

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  This study aimed to understand the prevalence of physical comorbidities, undiagnosed and inadequately controlled chronic physical conditions and correlates of high cholesterol, hypertension and liver enzyme abnormalities in those with alcohol use disorder (AUD). Participants ( n = 101) with AUD were recruited from a tertiary care centre through convenient sampling. The prevalence of physical and psychiatric comorbidities in the sample was 83.17% …

• Unnatural Death among Treatment Seeking Substance Users in Singapore

  Open Access•P V AshaRani, Jun Wen Tan et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2019

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  Substance use carries a higher risk of unnatural death. A retrospective analysis of 42 treatment seekers between 2011-2015 was conducted through medical record review to understand the profile and circumstances leading to premature deaths. Ninety percent of the subjects were males. The mean age at death was 44.9 (SD ± 13.1). Opioids (52.4%), benzodiazepines (45.2%) and alcohol (35.7%) were the main substances used by the group. Suicide was the mo…

• Unnatural Death among Treatment Seeking Substance Users in Singapore

  Open Access•P V AshaRani, Jun Wen Tan et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2019

  Añadir item

  Substance use carries a higher risk of unnatural death. A retrospective analysis of 42 treatment seekers between 2011-2015 was conducted through medical record review to understand the profile and circumstances leading to premature deaths. Ninety percent of the subjects were males. The mean age at death was 44.9 (SD ± 13.1). Opioids (52.4%), benzodiazepines (45.2%) and alcohol (35.7%) were the main substances used by the group. Suicide was the mo…

• Prevalence and Correlates of Physical Comorbidities in Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD)

  Open Access•P V AshaRani, Mohamed Zakir Karuvetil et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of Mental…•2022

  Añadir item

  This study aimed to understand the prevalence of physical comorbidities, undiagnosed and inadequately controlled chronic physical conditions and correlates of high cholesterol, hypertension and liver enzyme abnormalities in those with alcohol use disorder (AUD). Participants ( n = 101) with AUD were recruited from a tertiary care centre through convenient sampling. The prevalence of physical and psychiatric comorbidities in the sample was 83.17% …

Internal Medicine (2 obras) · Medicine (2 obras) · Psychiatry (2 obras) · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (2 obras) · Alcohol (1 obras) · Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects (1 obras) · Alcohol use disorder (1 obras) · Body mass index (1 obras) · Cause of death (1 obras) · Comorbidity (1 obras)