title: Critical care aspects of alcohol abuse.
abstract: The authors reviewed MEDLINE and references of major articles in the published literature over the last 30 years regarding the complications of alcohol abuse and discuss the critical care aspects of alcohol abuse. This article discusses the severe medical conditions associated with alcohol abuse that lead to admission to the medical intensive care unit. The clinical manifestations, pathophysiology, diagnostic studies, and management of these conditions are discussed in detail.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, and Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Al-Sanouri
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dikin
authors.forename: Ayman O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Soubani
mesh_terms: D000430:Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000209:etiology; D014899:Wernicke Encephalopathy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology