Combining the AUDIT questionnaire and biochemical markers to assess alcohol use and risk of alcohol withdrawal in medical inpatients

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 515-519

  Dolman, Jonathan M ^a   Hawkes, Neil D ^b  

^a TAUNTON AND SOMERSET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL GLAMORGAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLISM; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; WALES;

EID: 27744603686     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agh189     Document Type: Article

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