Impact of alcohol related disease and inpatient workload of gastroenterologists in Scotland

Scottish Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 57-60

  Hislop, W Stuart ^a   Heading, R C ^b  

^a ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol related illness; Alcoholic liver disease; Gastroenterology workload; Scotland

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; KORSAKOFF PSYCHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; WARD; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 3042666880     PISSN: 00369330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003693300404900207     Document Type: Review

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