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Alcohol screening scores and the risk of intensive care unit admission and hospital readmission.
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- Association between clinical measures of unhealthy alcohol use and subsequent year hospital admissions in a primary care population.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2023Article
- Rates, Reasons, and Independent Predictors of Readmissions in Portal Venous Thrombosis Hospitalizations in the USA.Gastroenterology research · 2022Article
- Medications and Patient Factors Associated With Increased Readmission for Alcohol-Related Diagnoses.Mayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes · 2022Article
- Rethinking Unhealthy Alcohol Use in the United States: A Structured Review.Substance abuse : research and treatment · 2022Review
- The association of alcohol use with all-cause and cardiovascular disease-related hospitalizations or death in older, high-risk Veterans.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2021Article
- Pilot Randomized Trial of a Recovery Navigator Program for Survivors of Critical Illness With Problematic Alcohol Use.Critical care explorations · 2019Article
- Alcohol misuse and outpatient follow-up after hospital discharge: a retrospective cohort study.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2018Article
- The Experience of Patients with Alcohol Misuse after Surviving a Critical Illness. A Qualitative Study.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2017Article
- Epidemiology and Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in the Era of Combination Antiretroviral Therapy.The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe association between alcohol misuse and the need for intensive care unit admission as well as hospital readmission among those discharged from the hospital following a critical illness is unclear. This study sought to determine whether alcohol misuse was associated with (1) admission to an intensive care unit (ICU) among a cohort of patients receiving outpatient care and (2) hospital readmission among those discharged from the hospital following critical illness.
methodsThis was a retrospective cohort study conducted with data from 24 Veterans Affairs (VA) health care facilities between 2004 and 2007. Scores on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption (AUDIT-C) questionnaire were used to identify patients with past-year abstinence, lower-risk alcohol use, moderate alcohol misuse, or severe alcohol misuse. The primary outcome was admission to a VA intensive care unit within the year following administration of the AUDIT-C. In an analysis focused on patients discharged from the ICU, the 2 main outcomes were hospital readmission within 1 year and within 30 days.
resultsAmong 486,115 veterans receiving outpatient care, the adjusted probability of ICU admission within 1 year was 2.0% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.7%-2.3%) for abstinent patients, 1.6% (95% CI: 1.3%-1.8%) for patients with lower-risk alcohol use, 1.8% (1.4%-2.3%) for patients with moderate alcohol misuse, and 2.5% (2.0%-2.9%) for patients with severe alcohol misuse. Among the 9,030 patients discharged from an ICU, the adjusted probability of hospital readmission within 1 year was 48% (46%-49%) in abstinent patients, 44% (42%-45%) in patients with lower-risk alcohol use, 42% (39%-45%) in patients with moderate alcohol misuse, and 55% (49%-60%) in patients with severe alcohol misuse.
conclusionsAlcohol misuse may represent a modifiable risk factor for a cycle of ICU admission and subsequent hospital readmission.
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