Blood alcohol levels in acute elderly admissions to hospital
Open Access
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Postgraduate Medical Journal
- Vol. 65 (759) , 20-21
- https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.65.759.20
Abstract
Summary: Blood alcohol levels were estimated in 141 patients admitted acutely over a one month period to a geriatric unit. Only four (2.8%) had alcohol detectable in their blood. The levels were low, suggesting that alcohol intoxication is not a major factor in the admission of the elderly to hospital.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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