Assessment of alcohol histories obtained from patients with liver disease: Opportunities to improve early intervention

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1096-1102

  Fagan, K J ^a,b   Irvine, K M ^b   Kumar, S ^b   Bates, A ^b   Horsfall, L U ^a,b   Feeney, G F ^a   Powell, E E ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

AUDIT; BMAST; Hepatology outpatient clinic; Referral; Screening

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

AUDIT; BMAST; HEPATOLOGY OUTPATIENT CLINIC; REFERRAL; SCREENING;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84885919622     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imj.12229     Document Type: Article

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