{"title":"[Excessive alcohol abuse].","authors":"W Fries, G Haberhauer","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We studied 259 patients (m: 204, f: 55) admitted to our observation ward after drinking alcohol with blood levels above 3.9 g/l. Epidemiological data, clinical and laboratory data and therapeutic procedures were registered. Our analysis showed that such high blood levels of ethanol were only tolerated by a definite age-group of chronic alcoholics with mild organic injuries. Elevated mean cell volume and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase and additionally low BUN may be useful markers for chronic alcohol consumption.</p>","PeriodicalId":23901,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur die gesamte innere Medizin und ihre Grenzgebiete","volume":"48 1","pages":"41-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Zeitschrift fur die gesamte innere Medizin und ihre Grenzgebiete","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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We studied 259 patients (m: 204, f: 55) admitted to our observation ward after drinking alcohol with blood levels above 3.9 g/l. Epidemiological data, clinical and laboratory data and therapeutic procedures were registered. Our analysis showed that such high blood levels of ethanol were only tolerated by a definite age-group of chronic alcoholics with mild organic injuries. Elevated mean cell volume and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase and additionally low BUN may be useful markers for chronic alcohol consumption.