Objectives: Cigarette smoking and unhealthy alcohol use are common causes of
preventable morbidity and mortality that frequently result in admission to an intensive care …

Background: Unhealthy alcohol use predisposes to multiple conditions that frequently result
in critical illness and is present in up to one‐third of patients admitted to a medical intensive …

Objectives: The impact of at-risk drinking on the outcomes of nontrauma patients is not well
characterized. The aim of this study was to determine whether at-risk drinking is …

Background: The association between alcohol misuse and the need for intensive care unit
admission as well as hospital readmission among those discharged from the hospital …

Background: Alcohol abuse is a risk factor for serious illnesses, and a history of chronic
alcohol abuse adversely affects the outcome of critically ill patients. It is not known what …

Background The critical care environment has felt the overwhelming impact of the growing
problem of alcohol abuse. However, there is ambiguity concerning the assessment and …

Objective A chronic alcoholic group following trauma was investigated to determine whether
their ICU stay was longer than that of a non-alcoholic group and whether their intercurrent …

Background: Annually, more than 300,000 patients receive mechanical ventilation in an
intensive care unit in the United States. The hospital mortality for ventilated patients may …

Objective: To determine the association between alcohol dependence (alcoholism not in
remission and/or alcohol withdrawal) and sepsis, septic shock, and hospital mortality among …

There has been little research on smoking cessation after critical illness. Smokers make up a
high percentage of patients admitted to intensive care (ICU) and stopping smoking is one …