Postoperative risks associated with alcohol screening depend on documented drinking at the time of surgery

Anna D Rubinsky, Michael J Bishop, Charles Maynard, William G Henderson, Mary T Hawn, Alex H S Harris, Lauren A Beste, Hanne Tønnesen, Katharine A Bradley

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    Abstract

    Both AUDIT-C alcohol screening scores up to a year before surgery and clinical documentation of drinking over 2 drinks per day immediately prior to surgery ("documented drinking >2d/d") are associated with increased postoperative complications and health care utilization. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether documented drinking >2d/d contributed additional information about postoperative risk beyond past-year AUDIT-C screening results.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalDrug and Alcohol Dependence
    Volume132
    Issue number3
    Pages (from-to)521-7
    Number of pages7
    ISSN0376-8716
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2013

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