Opioid-associated amnestic syndrome: description of the syndrome and validation of a proposed definition

JA Barash, J Whitledge, CJ Watson, K Boyle… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective An opioid-associated amnestic syndrome (OAS) characterized by acute onset
memory loss and bilateral hippocampal signal abnormalities on brain imaging in the setting …

External Compressive Ischemic Orbitopathy: A Rising Clinical Entity

BK Ghiam, BJ Liu, JJ Echegaray… - Ophthalmic Plastic & …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: Saturday night retinopathy, the term coined by Jayam et al. in 1974, is a rare
condition in which external compression of the orbit during a drug and alcohol stupor causes …

Assessing Memory Loss in a Young Adult with Substance Use Disorder: Remember the Timing of Presentation

BA Aguirre, C Lim, C Morton, MH Lev… - Harvard Review of …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND There are multiple barriers to the diagnosis of memory loss in adolescent
and young adult patients with a history of substance use disorders (SUDs). First, these …

[HTML][HTML] Illicit drug use: neurologic complications

MJ Schneck, A Pecoraro - medlink.com
The author describes the clinical features of intoxication and withdrawal of the major illicit
drugs, as well as the neurologic complications often encountered in users, including …