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The Effect of Alcohol Consumption on the Risk of ARDS: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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57 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 94 citations in OpenAlex.
- Alcohol's Effects on the Lung and Lung Disease.Alcohol research : current reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Association of substance use with outcomes in mildly ill COVID-19 outpatients.The American journal of emergency medicine · 2023Trial
- Alcohol Consumption Is Associated with Poor Prognosis in Obese Patients with COVID-19: A Mendelian Randomization Study Using UK Biobank.Nutrients · 2021Trial
- Comorbidities and Inflammation: How Chronic Diseases Prime the Host Response in Sepsis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Advanced cell-derived drug delivery systems for pulmonary diseases: from bench to bedside.Drug delivery · 2025Review
- Advances in acute respiratory distress syndrome: focusing on heterogeneity, pathophysiology, and therapeutic strategies.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025Review
- Effects of COVID-19 Lockdowns on Alcohol Consumption, Hangovers and Smoking Among Young Adults (n = 140) in Germany: An On-Line Study.Human psychopharmacology · 2025Article
- High-alcohol-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae aggravates lung injury by affecting neutrophils and the airway epithelium.Cell reports. Medicine · 2025Article
- The Gut-Lung Axis During Ethanol Exposure and aBiomedicines · 2024Article
- Environmental Risk Factors for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.Clinics in chest medicine · 2024Review
- Chronic Alcohol Intake Compromises Lung Immunity by Altering Immunometabolism in Humans and Mouse Models.American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology · 2024Article
- Streptococcus constellatus Empyema: A Case Highlighting the Need for Timely Surgical Intervention.Cureus · 2024Article
- Antifibrotic Drugs against Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Pulmonary Fibrosis Induced by COVID-19: Therapeutic Approaches and Potential Diagnostic Biomarkers.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Clinical biomarker profiles reveals gender differences and mortality factors in sepsis.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Article
- Provision of drug and alcohol services amidst COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative evaluation on the experiences of service providers.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2023Article
- Effects of ambient air pollutants on ARDS incidence and outcome: a narrative review.Annals of intensive care · 2023Review
- Exposure to ambient air pollutants and acute respiratory distress syndrome risk in sepsis.Intensive care medicine · 2023Article
- Review
- Primary graft dysfunction following lung transplantation: From pathogenesis to future frontiers.World journal of transplantation · 2023Review
- Causal Associations Between Tobacco, Alcohol Use and Risk of Infectious Diseases: A Mendelian Randomization Study.Infectious diseases and therapy · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis evaluating the association between alcohol consumption and the risk of ARDS in adults.
methodsMedline, EMBASE and Web of Science were searched to identify observational studies evaluating the association between prior alcohol intake and the occurrence of ARDS among adults, published between 1985 and 2015 and with no language restriction. Reference lists were also screened. Demographic baseline data were extracted independently by two reviewers and random-effects meta-analyses were used to estimate pooled effect sizes with 95% confidence intervals. Subgroup analyses were used to explore heterogeneity.
resultsSeventeen observational studies (177,674 people) met the inclusion criteria. Meta-analysis of 13 studies showed that any measure of high relative to low alcohol consumption was associated with a significantly increased risk of ARDS (OR, 1.89; 95% CI, 1.45-2.48; I
conclusionsChronic high alcohol consumption significantly increases the risk of ARDS. This finding suggests that patients admitted to hospital should be screened for chronic alcohol use.
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