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Saturday, June 16, 2007

Alcohol Use Disorders Increase the Risk for Mechanical Ventilation in Medical Patients
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 31 (7), 1224–1230.
The objective of this study is to determine whether the presence of AUD and the development of alcohol withdrawal are associated with an increased use and duration of mechanical ventilation in patients with medical disorders that commonly require intensive care unit admission.

In patients with medical diagnoses associated with intensive care unit admission, AUD increases the risk for mechanical ventilation while the development of alcohol withdrawal is associated with a longer duration of mechanical ventilation.
Reprint Request E-Mail: mdewit@vcu.edu
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