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AUDIT-C alcohol screening results and postoperative inpatient health care useAnna D Rubinsky
Health Services Research and Development, Department of Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA 98108, USA
J Am Coll Surg 214:296-305.e1. 2012..This study evaluated whether AUDIT-C scores in the year before surgery were associated with postoperative hospital length of stay, total ICU days, return to the operating room, and hospital readmission...
Estimating risk of alcohol dependence using alcohol screening scoresAnna D Rubinsky
Northwest Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 108:29-36. 2010..AUDIT or AUDIT-C scores could be used to estimate the probability of past-year alcohol dependence among patients who screen positive for alcohol misuse and inform clinical decision-making...
Prevalence of alcohol misuse among men and women undergoing major noncardiac surgery in the Veterans Affairs health care systemKatharine A Bradley
Health Services Research and Development, Department of Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, USA
Surgery 152:69-81. 2012..Severe alcohol misuse (AUDIT-C ≥9 points) is associated with increased postoperative health care use; however, little is known about the prevalence of alcohol misuse in demographic and clinical subgroups of surgical patients...
Variation in documented care for unhealthy alcohol consumption across race/ethnicity in the Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare SystemEmily C Williams
Health Services Research and Development, Seattle, Washington 98101, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 36:1614-22. 2012..We describe alcohol-related care for 3 racial/ethnic groups among VA outpatients with unhealthy alcohol use...
Alcohol screening and risk of postoperative complications in male VA patients undergoing major non-cardiac surgeryKatharine A Bradley
Health Services Research and Development, Department of Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
J Gen Intern Med 26:162-9. 2011..Four weeks of preoperative abstinence decreases the risk of complications, but practical approaches for early preoperative identification of alcohol misuse are needed...
Preoperative alcohol screening scores: association with complications in men undergoing total joint arthroplastyAlex H S Harris
VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, USA
J Bone Joint Surg Am 93:321-7. 2011..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between a patient's preoperative standardized alcohol-misuse screening score and his or her risk of complications after total joint arthroplasty...
