The Open Addiction Journal

2009, 2 : 28-29
Published online 2009 October 20. DOI: 10.2174/1874941000902010028
Publisher ID: TOADDJ-2-28

Delayed Onset Parkinsonism in Alcoholic Patient Following ARDS: Alcoholism could be a Risk Factor

Patrick Desaive , Bernard Dan and Charles Kornreich
Psychiatric Institute, CHU Brugmann, Place Van Gehuchten 4, 1020 Brussels, Belgium.

ABSTRACT

A case of delayed vascular parkinsonism resulting from an hypoxic insult is reported in a alcoholic patient. Hypoxic events are more frequent in alcoholic patients probably through a mechanism of increased lung vulnerability. When present, hypoxia has more severe neurological consequences in this population, occurring in a context of diminished cerebral blood flow. Alcoholism could be a risk factor for the occurrence of delayed onset parkinsonism following ARDS.

Keywords:

Vascular Parkinsonism, ARDS, alcohol.