Ill, Itinerant, and Insured: The Top 20 Users of Emergency Departments in Baltimore City by Barbara Y. DiPietro, Dana Kindermann, Stephen M. Schenkel

“…Hypertension, HIV infection, diabetes, substance abuse, and alcohol abuse were the most common chronic illnesses. …”
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Recent trends in studying of alcohol-induced liver disease by I. I. Komkova, M. S. Zharkova, M. V. Mayevskaya

“…To discuss an option of new targets for treatment of this disease.Original positions. Alcohol abuse is the third leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the young age. …”
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Principles of management of patient with asymptomatic elevation of serum aminotransferases by Ye. N. German, M. V. Mayevskaya, Ye. O. Lyusina, V. T. Ivashkin

“…According to past history it was known: the patient is non-smoker, absolutely denies use of pharmaceuticals and alcohol abuse. At physical examination excessive body weight (BMI of 31 kg/m2) drew attention. …”
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Wernicke’s Encephalopathy, Wet Beriberi, and Polyneuropathy in a Patient with Folate and Thiamine Deficiency Related to Gastric Phytobezoar by Nuria Huertas-González, Virgilio Hernando-Requejo, Zaida Luciano-García, Juan Luis Cervera-Rodilla

“…It is mainly related to alcohol abuse but it can be associated with other conditions such as gastrointestinal disorders. …”
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Literature review of spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage: risk factors, diagnostic features, and complications (Part I) by J. Grigaitė, G. Rutkauskaitė, L. Piliponis, J. Ščerbak, D. Jatužis, J. Valaikienė

“…Among the adjustable risk factors, smoking, arterial hypertension, and alcohol abuse have the most significant effects. PHASES and other scales covering the most important influencing factors have been introduced into clinical practice to assess the risk of aneurysm rupture. …”
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Epidemiology of Acute Pancreatitis in the North Adriatic Region of Croatia during the Last Ten Years by Davor Stimac, Ivana Mikolasevic, Irena Krznaric-Zrnic, Mladen Radic, Sandra Milic

“…Most frequent etiologies of AP were biliary stones in 60% and alcohol abuse in 19% of patients. According to the Ranson and APACHE II scores, pancreatitis was considered to be severe in 50% and 43% of the cases, respectively. …”
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Influence of environmental factors on college alcohol drinking patterns by Ridouan Bani, Rasheed Hameed, Steve Szymanowski, Priscilla Greenwood, Christopher M. Kribs-Zaleta, Anuj Mubayi

“…Alcohol abuse is a major problem, especially among students on and around college campuses. …”
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Clinical, Socioeconomic, and Psychosocial Factors Associated with Blood Pressure Control and Adherence: Results from a Multidisciplinary Cardiovascular National Program Providing U... by Daniela Sandoval, Carolina Nazzal, Tomás Romero

“…Association of education, income, diabetes, obesity, physical activity, psychosocial characteristics, smoking, and alcohol abuse with BP control and adherence were evaluated by multivariate logistic regression. …”
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Hepatorenal Syndrome: Outcome of Response to Therapy and Predictors of Survival by Jan Heidemann, Christoph Bartels, Christoph Berssenbrügge, Hartmut Schmidt, Tobias Meister

“…Cox regression analysis identified age [Hazard ratio, 95% confidence interval (CI); 1.05, 1.01–1.09, resp.], alcohol abuse [HR 3.05, 95% CI 1.11–8.38], duration of treatment [HR 0.92, 95% CI 0.88–0.96], and MELD score [HR 1.08, 95% CI 1.02–1.14] to be independent predictors of survival. …”
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The role of cytokine genetic polymorphism in development of acute pancreatitis: analysis of intergenic and environmental interactions by T. A. Samgina, G. A. Zhivotova, P. M. Nazarenko, A. V. Polonikov

“…Paired combination of genotypes to disease risk analysis demonstrated that at 511СT×174GС genotype combination the AP risk is highest at alcohol abuse history for over 10 years (OR=2.88, 95%-CI 1.59-5.23; p=0.0004). …”
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VIOLÊNCIA CONJUGAL ASSOCIADA AO USO ABUSIVO DE ÁLCOOL: UMA REVISÃO SISTEMÁTICA INTEGRATIVA by Eduardo Jorge Sant'Ana Honorato, Dalila Azevedo da Silva, Eunice Braga Borges dos Santos, Sonia Maria Lemos, Daniel Cerdeira de Sousa, Tirza Almeida da Silva

“…The objective of this study was to conduct a systematic review and to analyze the recent publications on marital violence associated with alcohol abuse. Emphasis was placed on the synthesis and analysis of qualitative and quantitative data in order to describe the types of recurrent practices of marital violence associated with abusive use of alcohol present in the publications conducted in the period from 2009 to 2015 in the CAPES journals database. …”
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Association of Serum Adiponectin, Leptin, and Resistin Concentrations with the Severity of Liver Dysfunction and the Disease Complications in Alcoholic Liver Disease by Beata Kasztelan-Szczerbinska, Agata Surdacka, Maria Slomka, Jacek Rolinski, Krzysztof Celinski, Agata Smolen, Mariusz Szczerbinski

“…We investigated serum concentrations of total adiponectin (Acrp30), leptin, and resistin in patients with chronic alcohol abuse and different grades of liver dysfunction, as well as ALD complications. …”
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Pleiotropic effects of rabeprazole at acid-related diseases by A. V. Zaborovsky, I. V. Mayev, D. N. Andreyev, L. A. Tararina

“…Paired combination of genotypes to disease risk analysis demonstrated that at 511СT×174GС genotype combination the AP risk is highest at alcohol abuse history for over 10 years (OR=2.88, 95%-CI 1.59-5.23; p=0.0004). …”
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Tobacco Stained Fingers and Its Association with Death and Hospital Admission: A Retrospective Cohort Study. by Gregor John, Céline Louis, Amandine Berner, Daniel Genné

“…<h4>Background</h4>Among smokers, the presence of tobacco stains on fingers has recently been associated with a high prevalence of tobacco related conditions and alcohol abuse.<h4>Objective</h4>we aimed to explore tobacco stains as a marker of death and hospital readmission.…”
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General practice database on mortality in adults on methylphenidate: cohort study by Bruno Stricker, Katia Verhamme, Kiki Cheung

“…Additional adjustment was performed for the intervention (‘intention-to-treat’).Results Although during follow-up, the unadjusted risks of depression and suicide attempt were strongly increased in users, depression and psychosis became non-significant after adjustment for alcohol-abuse and substance-abuse and psychiatric disease in the medical history and after adjustment for ‘intention-to-treat’. …”
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Algorithm of management of patient with alcohol-induced liver disease by M. V. Mayevskaya, M. A. Morozova

“…Diagnostics of severe ALD forms is based on finding-out past history data indicating alcohol abuse, revealing clinical and laboratory signs of liver failure, ruling out other liver diseases. …”
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Family support and prayer are invaluable coping strategies for our recovery: Experiences of persons living with cardiovascular diseases. by Ivy Selorm Tsedze, Frank Edwin, Bennett Owusu, Victor Kwasi Dumahasi, Nkosi Nkosi Botha, Nancy Innocentia Ebu Enyan

“…<h4>Background</h4>It is estimated that 61% of deaths caused by Cardiovascular Diseases (CVDs) globally are attributed to lifestyle-related risk factors including tobacco use, alcohol abuse, poor diet, and inadequate physical activity. …”
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Cervical Bone Graft Candida albicans Osteomyelitis: Management Strategies for an Uncommon Infection by Carlo Brembilla, Luigi Andrea Lanterna, Andrea Risso, Giuseppe Bonaldi, Paolo Gritti, Bruno Resmini, Andrea Viscone

“…The factors contributing to its emergence include a growing population of immunosuppressed patients, invasive surgeries, broad-spectrum antibiotics, injection drug users, and alcohol abuse. The diagnosis requires a high degree of suspicion. …”
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Alcohol, alcoholism and related consequences by M. V. Mayevskaya

“…To analyze problem of alcohol abuse and dangerous consequences related to it in Russian population, to demonstrate possible ways of its decision.The basic contents. …”
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Otolaryngology needs among an adult homeless population: a prospective study by Vincent Wu, Christopher W. Noel, David Forner, Florence Mok, Molly Zirkle, Antoine Eskander, Vincent Lin, John M. Lee

“…Participants had a wide range of medical comorbidities, with the most common being current tobacco smoking (67%), depression (36%), alcohol abuse (32%), and other substance abuse (32%). …”
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