Diagnosis of alcohol misuse and alcoholic liver disease among patients in the medical emergency admission service of a large urban hospital in Sub-Saharan Africa; a cross sectional study

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 15, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Opio, Christopher Kenneth ^a   Seremba, Emmanuel ^a   Ocama, Ponciano ^a   Lalitha, Rejani ^a   Kagimu, Magid ^a   Lee, William Martens ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alanine aminotransferase; Alcohol misuse; Alcohol use; Alcoholic liver disease; Aspartate aminotransferase; CAGE questionnaire; De Ritis ratio

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AFRICA; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; COHABITING PERSON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UGANDA; URBAN AREA; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; ALCOHOL MISUSE; ALCOHOLISM; CAGE QUESTIONNAIRE; DE RITIS RATIO; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UGANDA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL MISUSE; ALCOHOL USE; ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CAGE QUESTIONNAIRE; DE RITIS RATIO;

EID: 84887492561     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2013.15.23.2040     Document Type: Article

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