Abstract
Background Alcohol consumption can have adverse social, legal, occupational, psychological, and medical consequences. The prevalence of alcohol-use disorders is high in Emergency Departments. The novel establishment of a Quick Diagnostic Unit (QDU) in an ED setting has allowed expeditious and focused, medically supervised acute alcohol withdrawal. The purpose of the study was to describe the alcohol-use disorder clientele and treatment in this new setting.
Highlights
Alcohol consumption can have adverse social, legal, occupational, psychological, and medical consequences
Management of acute alcohol withdrawal in the setting of a quick diagnostic unit integrated in an emergency department setting
The prevalence of alcohol-use disorders is high in Emergency Departments
Summary
Alcohol consumption can have adverse social, legal, occupational, psychological, and medical consequences. The prevalence of alcohol-use disorders is high in Emergency Departments. The novel establishment of a Quick Diagnostic Unit (QDU) in an ED setting has allowed expeditious and focused, medically supervised acute alcohol withdrawal. The purpose of the study was to describe the alcohol-use disorder clientele and treatment in this new setting
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