Alcohol biomarker screening in medical and surgical settings.
This article highlights the proceedings of a symposium presented at the 28th Annual Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism in Santa Barbara, CA, on June 28, 2005, organized and chaired by Peter Miller. The presentations included (1) Screening for Alcohol Use Disorders in Surgical and Trauma Patients, presented by Claudia Spies; (2) Are Serum Levels of %CDT and GGT Related to Severity of Liver Biopsy Inflammation, Fibrosis, and Steatohepatitis in Patients with Hepatitis C? by Martin Javors; (3) Biochemical Alcohol Screening in the Treatment of Hypertension, presented by Peter Miller; and (4) The Cost-Effectiveness of a New Biomarker, CDT, in a Primary Care Sample, by Michael Fleming. Presentations were discussed by Raymond Anton.
Miller
Peter M
PM
Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA. millerpm@musc.edu
Spies
Claudia
C
Neumann
Tim
T
Javors
Martin A
MA
Hoyumpa
A M
AM
Roache
John
J
Webb
Amy
A
Kashi
Maryam
M
Sharkey
Francis E
FE
Anton
Raymond F
RF
Egan
Brent M
BM
Basile
Jan
J
Nguyen
Shaun
S
Fleming
Michael F
MF
Dillie
Kathryn Sullivan
KS
D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood*; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008108:Liver Diseases, Alcoholic / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis; D008111:Liver Function Tests / Q000191:economics; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000191:economics; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000097:blood / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000191:economics; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000191:economics; D014168:Transferrin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000097:blood / Q000601:surgery; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase / Q000097:blood
D015415:Biomarkers; D014168:Transferrin; C056759:carbohydrate-deficient transferrin; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase