Inter-Hospital Escalation-of-Care Referrals for Severe Alcohol-Related Liver Disease with Recent Drinking During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Po-Hung ChenPeng-Sheng TingErik AlmazanGeetanjali ChanderAndrew M CameronAhmet GurakarPublished in: Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) (2021)
Alcohol sales and consumption have increased during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, but their downstream effects on alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) are unclear. We analyzed inter-hospital escalation-of-care referrals to our tertiary care inpatient liver unit across 18 months through December 2020. There was a significant rise in severe ALD with recent unhealthy drinking in our regional community during the pandemic.
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