2018
Discerning suicide in drug intoxication deaths: Paucity and primacy of suicide notes and psychiatric history
Rockett IRH, Caine ED, Connery HS, D’Onofrio G, Gunnell DJ, Miller TR, Nolte KB, Kaplan MS, Kapusta ND, Lilly CL, Nelson LS, Putnam SL, Stack S, Värnik P, Webster LR, Jia H. Discerning suicide in drug intoxication deaths: Paucity and primacy of suicide notes and psychiatric history. PLOS ONE 2018, 13: e0190200. PMID: 29320540, PMCID: PMC5761891, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrior suicide attemptsSuicide attemptsIntoxication casesDrug intoxicationPsychiatric historyDrug intoxication deathsUndetermined intent deathsDrug intoxication casesMechanisms/causesPrevention of suicideIntoxication deathsNational Violent Death Reporting SystemViolent Death Reporting SystemDrug deathsSuicide classificationOutcome measuresDeath Reporting SystemRelative oddsPrevalence gapAffective disordersBipolar disorderEtiologic understandingSuicide notesUndetermined deathsClassification of suicide
1994
The lack of efficacy of phenytoin in the prevention of recurrent alcohol-related seizures
Rathlev N, D'Onofrio G, Fish S, Harrison P, Bernstein E, Hossack R, Pickens L. The lack of efficacy of phenytoin in the prevention of recurrent alcohol-related seizures. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 1994, 23: 513-518. PMID: 8135426, DOI: 10.1016/s0196-0644(94)70070-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcohol-related seizuresSix-hour observation periodNormal saline placeboDouble-blind trialObservation periodConfidence intervalsLack of efficacyChronic alcohol abuseYears of ageChi 2 analysisPlacebo groupConsecutive adultsEligible subjectsPhenytoin groupSaline placeboGeneralized seizuresPhenytoin administrationSecond seizureEmergency departmentNormal salineRelative riskTeaching hospitalAlcohol abuseDrug AdministrationSeizures