BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Excessive @entity167 consumption is a major cause for @entity204 and preventable ill health in the whole population. We set out to audit admissions to the @entity1213 ( @entity1213 ) of our large teaching hospital with respect to @entity167 -related admissions. METHODS: A prospective audit was conducted into @entity167 -associated admissions to our university hospital adult @entity1213 over 12 months. The following data were collected for each @entity1 admitted: age, gender, diagnosis and amount of @entity167 consumption, APACHE II score, and the probability of @entity204 . RESULTS: @entity1 with definite @entity167 consumption constituted 39.1% (124 @entity1 ) of all admissions (317 @entity1 ) to the @entity1213 . In Group 1 (89 @entity1 ), the admission was directly associated with @entity167 consumption, which included heavy @entity167 consumption. Group 2 (35 @entity1 ) consisted of 'social drinkers'; and Group 3 was composed of @entity1 who denied any @entity167 intake. Group 1 had a high median APACHE II score of 19 (range 4-35) and a significantly higher mortality rate (41.6%) than Group 3 (18.4%, P < 0.001) or the entire sample studied (23.7%, P < 0.001). The results also demonstrated an incidence of @entity55 of 29.2% (26 @entity1 ) in @entity167 -associated admissions compared with 22.8% (eight @entity1 ) in Group 2 and 21.8% (19 @entity1 ) in Group 3. @entity130 admissions amounted to 11.4% of the @entity1 studied (24/211 @entity1 ), 17 (70.8%) of whom were directly associated with @entity167 and it included 11 pedestrians. CONCLUSIONS: @entity167 may play a major role in the admission and mortality of @entity1213 @entity1 . Further investigations are warranted because our sample size is so small.

@entity167 -associated admissions to an adult XXXX : an audit.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients', 'patient'] @entity55 :: ('MESH:D011014', 'Disease') :: ['pneumonia'] @entity167 :: ('CHEBI:16236', 'Chemical') :: ['alcohol', 'Alcohol'] @entity1213 :: ('MESH:D012555', 'Disease') :: ['intensive care unit', 'ICU'] @entity204 :: ('MESH:D003643', 'Disease') :: ['death', 'premature death'] @entity130 :: ('MESH:D014947', 'Disease') :: ['Trauma']
@entity1213 :: (MESH:D012555,Disease) :: ['intensive care unit']
