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#316: Unsuspected Critical Illness in Alcohol Intoxication
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:03:45
Publish Date: 2018-04-16 11:00:00
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Author: Dr. Michael Hunt, MD

Educational Pearls:

 

  • Retrospective study over 31,000 emergency department patient visits from 2011 to 2016 with alcohol intoxication at Hennepin County Medical Center
  • 1% of patients presenting to ED with alcohol intoxication were admitted to the ICU or used critical care resources when not initially anticipated
  • Most common critical illnesses were acute hypoxic respiratory failure , alcohol withdrawal, sepsis, and intracranial hemorrhage
  • Those admitted to the ICU had higher incidences of hypoglycemia, hypotension, tachycardia, fever, hypoxia, hypothermia, and the use of parenteral sedatives while in the ED

 

References:

Klein, LR; et al. (2018). Unsuspected Critical Illness Among Emergency Department Patients Presenting for Acute Alcohol Intoxication. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 71(3):279-288
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