Effect of preoperative abstinence on poor postoperative outcome in alcohol misusers: Randomised controlled trial

British Medical Journal

Volumn 318, Issue 7194, 1999, Pages 1311-1316

  Tønnesen, Hanne ^a,c   Rosenberg, Jacob ^a   Nielsen, Hans J ^a   Rasmussen, Verner ^b   Hauge, Christina ^a   Pedersen, Ib K ^a   Kehlet, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CATECHOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; DISULFIRAM; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS; SURGICAL STRESS;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; COLONIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RECTAL DISEASES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TEMPERANCE;

EID: 0042271684     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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