The effect of alcohol on the pulmonary embolic syndrome.
Total hip replacement surgery was carried out on 100 patients with an anaesthetic technique which was identical in all respects, except that fifty patients were given 5% dextrose while the other fifty received alcohol 0.5 mg/kg in addition. Patients were allocated to one or other group by random selection. There was no evidence that alcohol afforded any protection against the pulmonary embolic syndrome, nor did it appear to increase blood loss.
D000431:Ethanol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005947:Glucose / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006470:Hemorrhage; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000517:prevention & control*
D000431:Ethanol; D005947:Glucose