Alcohol abuse in the critically ill patient.

@article{citeulike:2834538, abstract = {Alcohol abuse and dependence disorders are common in the 10\% of hospitalised patients who need admission to the intensive care unit (ICU), but these disorders are often undiagnosed. The systemic effects from the excessive use of alcohol increase susceptibility to, or directly cause various important disorders in the critically ill. Early recognition of alcohol abuse and dependence is necessary and should prompt consideration of several alcohol-specific diagnoses that have important prognostic and therapeutic implications for these patients. We discuss the use of screening tests to improve the identification of alcohol abuse and dependence disorders, the epidemiology and pathogenesis of important alcohol-related disorders, differences in the presentation of several common alcohol-related diagnoses in the ICU, and important alcohol-specific therapies.}, address = {Divison of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, USA. Marc.Moss@uchsc.edu}, author = {Moss, M. and Burnham, E. L. }, citeulike-article-id = {2834538}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69490-7}, issn = {1474-547X}, journal = {Lancet}, keywords = {alcohol\_abuse}, month = {December}, number = {9554}, pages = {2231--2242}, posted-at = {2008-06-06 06:17:53}, priority = {2}, title = {Alcohol abuse in the critically ill patient.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69490-7}, volume = {368}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2834538 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2834538 TI - Alcohol abuse in the critically ill patient. JF - Lancet VL - 368 IS - 9554 SP - 2231 EP - 2242 AD - Divison of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, USA. Marc.Moss@uchsc.edu SN - 1474-547X N2 - Alcohol abuse and dependence disorders are common in the 10% of hospitalised patients who need admission to the intensive care unit (ICU), but these disorders are often undiagnosed. The systemic effects from the excessive use of alcohol increase susceptibility to, or directly cause various important disorders in the critically ill. Early recognition of alcohol abuse and dependence is necessary and should prompt consideration of several alcohol-specific diagnoses that have important prognostic and therapeutic implications for these patients. We discuss the use of screening tests to improve the identification of alcohol abuse and dependence disorders, the epidemiology and pathogenesis of important alcohol-related disorders, differences in the presentation of several common alcohol-related diagnoses in the ICU, and important alcohol-specific therapies. KW - alcohol_abuse AU - Moss, M AU - Burnham, EL PY - 2006/12/23/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69490-7 ER -