ArticleCritical care explorations2023
Impact of Alcohol Misuse on Requirements for Critical Care Services and Development of Hospital Delirium in Patients With COVID-19 pneumonia.
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- Substance Use and Delirium Trends in the Critically Ill During the Peri-COVID Period.Critical care explorations · 2026Article
- The alcohol exposome.Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.) · 2025Review
- Phosphatidylethanol measures in patients with severe COVID-19-associated respiratory failure identify a subset with alcohol misuse.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2025Article
- Prevalence of Alcohol Use Characterized by Phosphatidylethanol in Patients With Respiratory Failure Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.CHEST critical care · 2024Article
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Abstract
Alcohol misuse has been associated with increased morbidity in the setting of pulmonary infections, including the need for critical care resource utilization and development of delirium. How alcohol misuse impacts morbidity and outcomes among patients admitted with COVID-19 pneumonia is not well described. We sought to determine if alcohol misuse was associated with an increased need for critical care resources and development of delirium among patients hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia.
designRetrospective cohort study.
settingTwelve University of Colorado hospitals between March 2020 and April 2021. PATIENTS: Adults with a COVID-19 diagnosis.
interventionsNone. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN
resultsThe primary outcome was admission to the ICU. Secondary outcomes included need for mechanical ventilation, development of delirium, and in-hospital mortality. Alcohol misuse was defined by
conclusionsAmong patients hospitalized with COVID-19, alcohol misuse was associated with increased utilization of critical care resources including ICU admission and mechanical ventilation. Delirium was an important modifiable risk factor associated with worse outcomes in hospitalized patients with alcohol misuse, including increased odds of death.
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