title: Screening alcoholics for medical problems with the Cornell Medical Index.
abstract: Scores on the Cornell Medical Index were not useful in distinguishing alcoholic patients who required medical attention from those who did not.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications*; D003321:Cornell Medical Index; D003933:Diagnosis; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008487:Medical History Taking; D008875:Middle Aged; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D013812:Therapeutics