Inter-Hospital Escalation-of-Care Referrals for Severe Alcohol-Related Liver Disease with Recent Drinking During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Zendy

PoHung Chen | Zendy; PengSheng Ting | Zendy; Erik Almazan | Zendy; Geetanjali Chander | Zendy; Andrew M. Cameron | Zendy; Ahmet Gürakar | Zendy

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Inter-Hospital Escalation-of-Care Referrals for Severe Alcohol-Related Liver Disease with Recent Drinking During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Author(s) -

PoHung Chen,

PengSheng Ting,

Erik Almazan,

Geetanjali Chander,

Andrew M. Cameron,

Ahmet Gürakar

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

alcohol and alcoholism

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.747

H-Index - 99

eISSN - 1464-3502

pISSN - 0735-0414

DOI - 10.1093/alcalc/agab047

Subject(s) - pandemic , medicine , covid-19 , emergency medicine , alcoholic liver disease , alcohol consumption , liver disease , disease , alcohol and health , alcohol , environmental health , infectious disease (medical specialty) , virology , outbreak , biochemistry , chemistry , cirrhosis

Alcohol sales and consumption have increased during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, but their downstream effects on alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) are unclear. We analyzed inter-hospital escalation-of-care referrals to our tertiary care inpatient liver unit across 18 months through December 2020. There was a significant rise in severe ALD with recent unhealthy drinking in our regional community during the pandemic.

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