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Between-hospital care referrals for severe alcohol-related liver disease during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 to 2022.

Increased alcohol consumption during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic is projected to impact alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) morbidity and mortality. Inter-hospital escalation-of-care referral requests to our tertiary-care hepatology unit were analyzed from January 2020 through December 202...

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Publicado en:Alcohol & Alcoholism Vol. 59; no. 1; pp. 1 - 6
Autores principales: Almazan, Erik, Dixon, Juliette, Gerstenblith, Avi, Andrews, Sarah, Flanary, James, Cameron, Andrew M, Gurakar, Ahmet, Chen, Po-Hung
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Jan2024
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
Sumario:Increased alcohol consumption during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic is projected to impact alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) morbidity and mortality. Inter-hospital escalation-of-care referral requests to our tertiary-care hepatology unit were analyzed from January 2020 through December 2022. Most requests to our center were for ALD with an increase in requests from intermediate care units, suggestive of higher acuity illness.