title: Assessing alcohol-related attendance at emergency departments.
abstract: Widespread alcohol misuse has implications for the physical, mental and social health of the population, and alcohol-related morbidity and mortality are problems throughout the U.K. One way healthcare practitioners are attempting to reduce alcohol-related harm is to identify patients who misuse alcohol when they attend, or are admitted to, acute care settings. This article gives an overview of the various screening tools that can be used to identify such patients.
authors.affiliation: Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Intensive Care Unit. joanne.mcpeake@glasgow.ac.uk
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McPeake
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: O'Neill
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kinsella
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015415:Biomarkers; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014218:Triage / Q000379:methods*; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers