Alcohol Withdrawal Rates in Hospitalized Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Mar 1;4(3):e210422. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.0422.

Abstract

This cohort study examines whether alcohol withdrawal rates among hospitalized patients with alcohol use disorder increased during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Alcoholism*
  • COVID-19*
  • Cohort Studies
  • Delaware / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Hospitalization*
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pandemics*
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / epidemiology*
  • Tertiary Care Centers