Risk assessment in patients with acute alcohol intoxication

• Verfasst von: Grüttner, Joachim [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Walter, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Lang, Siegfried [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Reichert, Miriam [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Risk assessment in patients with acute alcohol intoxication
• Verf.angabe: Joachim Gruettner, Thomas Walter, Siegfried Lang, Miriam Reichert and Stephan Haas
• E-Jahr: 2015
• Jahr: January-February 2015
• Umfang: 5 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 08.09.2017
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: In vivo
• Ort Quelle: Kapandriti, Attiki : IIAR, 2004
• Jahr Quelle: 2015
• Band/Heft Quelle: 29(2015), 1, Seite 123-127
• ISSN Quelle: 1791-7549
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: Alcohol intoxication
• Sach-SW: electrolytes
• Sach-SW: emergency department
• Sach-SW: Glasgow coma scale
• Sach-SW: glucose
• Sach-SW: risk assessment
• K10plus-PPN: 1563340046

Abstract

Aim: Patients with acute alcohol intoxication present a serious and still growing problem for pre- and intra-hospital emergency services. Data on the clinical risk assessment of alcohol-intoxicated patients are sparse. The aim of the present work was, therefore, to collect and assess relevant risk parameters. Materials and Methods: At the Mannheim University Hospital, the medical records of 844 alcohol-intoxicated Emergency Department patients were retrospectively studied and evaluated. Results: The patients with alcohol intoxications were predominantly males with an average age of 45 years. Mean blood alcohol concentration was 0.28%. The rate of haemodynamic, respiratory or metabolic complications in these patients was low. In 43% of cases, there was moderately to severely impaired consciousness. About half of the patients were treated on an outpatient basis. Conclusion: Our data demonstrate a low clinical risk for alcohol-intoxicated patients. Nevertheless, it is necessary to provide a defined monitoring standard in order to also be prepared for the few potential complications of alcohol intoxication and the possible differential diagnoses of impaired consciousness.