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ReviewCureus2024

Severe Ethanol Poisoning Among United States College Fraternity Pledges.

Todd S Ing, Armen Sam, Hon-Lok Tang, Keith K Lau

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Review in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 0 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 4 countries.

Todd S IngDepartment of Medicine, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, USA.
Armen SamDepartment of Medicine, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, USA.
Hon-Lok TangDepartment of Medicine and Geriatrics, Princess Margaret Hospital, Lai Chi Kok, HKG.
Keith K LauDepartment of Pediatrics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK-Shenzhen), Shenzhen, CHN.
Loyola University Chicago · USPrincess Margaret Hospital · NZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hazing is a longstanding tradition in university and college fraternities. This practice often uses alcohol as a penalty during hazing rituals, resulting in severe ethanol poisoning and even death among pledges. Typically, the serum ethanol levels in these poisoned students are extremely high. Preventing severe ethanol poisoning is crucial, and can be achieved through education about the harms of these hazing activities. Hemodialysis is an effective treatment for severe ethanol poisoning as it removes the excess alcohol in a timely manner.

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ethanolhazinghemodialysispledgerspoisoning

Identifiers

PMID38644953
PMCPMC11032146
OpenAlexW4394989105

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