Table 1 |
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Reasons for alcohol related admissions prior to developing alcoholic liver disease as determined from a retrospective analysis of medical notes in 94 patients with alcohol-induced cirrhosis (total number of admissions). |
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| Reason for admission |
Total number of admissions |
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| Fall/fracture/injury (including head injury) |
16 |
| Gastro-intestinal bleed (non-variceal) |
12 |
| Drug overdose |
11 |
| Loss of consciousness/seizure |
7 |
| Abdominal pain due to eg gastritis, peptic ulcer disease |
6 |
| Alcohol overdose |
4 |
| Oral malignancy |
2 |
| Pneumonia |
2 |
| Confusion/Wernicke's encephalopathy |
2 |
| Oedema |
1 |
| TB |
1 |
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Verrill et al. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2006 1:16 doi:10.1186/1747-597X-1-16 |
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