@article {GRUETTNER123, author = {JOACHIM GRUETTNER and THOMAS WALTER and SIEGFRIED LANG and MIRIAM REICHERT and STEPHAN HAAS}, title = {Risk Assessment in Patients with Acute Alcohol Intoxication}, volume = {29}, number = {1}, pages = {123--127}, year = {2015}, publisher = {International Institute of Anticancer Research}, abstract = {Aim: Patients with acute alcohol intoxication present a serious and still growing problem for pre- and intra-hospital emergency services. Data on the clinical risk assessment of alcohol-intoxicated patients are sparse. The aim of the present work was, therefore, to collect and assess relevant risk parameters. Materials and Methods: At the Mannheim University Hospital, the medical records of 844 alcohol-intoxicated Emergency Department patients were retrospectively studied and evaluated. Results: The patients with alcohol intoxications were predominantly males with an average age of 45 years. Mean blood alcohol concentration was 0.28\%. The rate of haemodynamic, respiratory or metabolic complications in these patients was low. In 43\% of cases, there was moderately to severely impaired consciousness. About half of the patients were treated on an outpatient basis. Conclusion: Our data demonstrate a low clinical risk for alcohol-intoxicated patients. Nevertheless, it is necessary to provide a defined monitoring standard in order to also be prepared for the few potential complications of alcohol intoxication and the possible differential diagnoses of impaired consciousness.}, issn = {0258-851X}, URL = {https://iv.iiarjournals.org/content/29/1/123}, eprint = {https://iv.iiarjournals.org/content/29/1/123.full.pdf}, journal = {In Vivo} }