Alcohol biomarker screening in medical and surgical settings

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 185-193

  Miller, Peter M ^a,b   Spies, Claudia ^e   Neumann, Tim ^e   Javors, Martin A ^f   Hoyumpa, A M ^f   Roache, John ^f   Webb, Amy ^f   Kashi, Maryam ^f   Sharkey, Francis E ^f   Anton, Raymond F ^b   Egan, Brent M ^c   Basile, Jan ^c,d   Nguyen, Shaun ^c   Fleming, Michael F ^g   Dillie, Kathryn Sullivan ^g  

^a Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

CDT; Alcohol Biomarkers; GGT

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; RENIN;

ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; BREATH ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DETOXIFICATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TUMOR; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RELAPSE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPTIC SHOCK;

ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MASS SCREENING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TRANSFERRIN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 33644747401     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2006.00029.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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