title: [Anesthesiologic aspects of chronic alcohol abuse].
abstract: The prevalence of alcoholism exceeds 20% in surgical disciplines. Chronic alcoholics are endangered by an increased postoperative morbidity and mortality. Due to an elaborated preoperative alcoholism-related diagnostic evaluation (alcoholism-related questionnaire and laboratory markers) and an adequate perioperative management (prophylactic treatment of alcohol withdrawal symptoms and symptom-orientated therapy of infections, cardiac complications and bleeding disorders), intercurrent complications may be reduced and postoperative outcome improved.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Anästhesiologie und operative Intensivmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Charité, Berlin. claudia.spies@charite.de
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authors.lastname: Spies
mesh_terms: D000430:Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D019973:Alcohol-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D012307:Risk Factors