Alcohol-related hepatitis admissions increased 50% in the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA.
Liver Int
; 42(4): 762-764, 2022 04.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1706296
ABSTRACT
Early reports suggest that alcohol misuse increased in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using retrospective data from Henry Ford Health System in Detroit MI-an area that experienced an early and severe COVID-19 outbreak-we investigated the impact of the pandemic on alcohol-related liver disease (ARLD) in the summer of 2020 compared with the same period in 2016-2019. Both the number of ARLD admissions and the proportion of total admissions represented by ARLD patients increased significantly in 2020 compared with previous years. The number of ARLD admissions as a proportion of all hospitalizations was 50% higher in 2020 than in 2016-2019 (0.31% vs 0.21%; P = .0013); by September 2020, the number of admissions was 66% higher than previous years. Despite racial and geographical disparities in direct and indirect COVID-related stressors across the Detroit metropolitan area, the demographic profile of ARLD patients did not change compared with previous years.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
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Hepatitis, Alcoholic
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Liver Int
Journal subject:
Gastroenterology
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Liv.15172
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