Purpose Patients with alcohol misuse are less likely to receive preventive health services
but more likely to utilize emergency health services. However, the association between …

The link between traumatic injury and alcohol consumption is strong. Although statistics
vary, from one half to one third of trauma victims admitted to critical care units have an …

Alcohol withdrawal syndrome is a common and challenging clinical entity present in trauma
and surgical intensive care unit (ICU) patients. The screening tools, assessment strategies …

Objectives To assess the effect of three different alcohol withdrawal therapy regimens in
traumatized chronic alcoholic patients with respect to the duration of mechanical ventilation …

Background To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis evaluating the association
between alcohol consumption and the risk of ARDS in adults. Methods Medline, EMBASE …

Alcohol‐related disease adversely affects the outcome of critically ill patients. The burden of
this in Scotland is higher than elsewhere in the United Kingdom. In a prospective …

Alcohol abuse and dependence, referred to as alcohol-use disorders (AUDs), affect 76.3
million people worldwide and account for 1.8 million deaths per year. AUDs affect 18.3 …

Background Rehospitalization is an important and costly outcome that occurs commonly in
several diseases encountered in the medical intensive care unit (ICU). Although alcohol use …

Alcohol misuse is a disproportionately large contributor to morbidity and mortality in the
Northern Territory. A number of alcohol harm minimisation policies have been implemented …

In 1982, the US Surgeon General C. Everett Koop stated that cigarette smoking is the ''chief,
single, avoidable cause of death in our society and the most important public health issue of …