The curse of the drinking class

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1958-1959

  Yost, C Spencer ^a   Gropper, Michael A ^a  

^a Lieberman: Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cirrhosis; Infection; Liver; Nosocomial infection; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPIN 2 ONE DERIVATIVE;

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FRANCE; HUMAN; NOTE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FRANCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPERANCE;

EID: 45149084142     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318176112b     Document Type: Editorial

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