PSY 2210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Medical Laboratory, Fetus, Blood Alcohol Content
20 Nov 2017
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Involved in 40% of 41,000 annual deaths due to traf c accidents. Link between chronic alcohol use and liver disease is well known. Chronic heavy use increases risk of alcoholic cardiomyopathy, with an increase in left ventricular mass, dilation of ventricles, and wall thinning. Because of alcohol related morbidity, any patients encountered in primary care settings and in hospital will have signi cant drinking history. Alcohol dependence increases risk of sepsis, sept shock, and hospital mortality among intensive care unit (icu) patients. Excessive alcohol use increase risk for icu admission due to trauma, hypothermia, and pancreatitis. Alcohol consumption of four standard drinksrper day or more associated with increased rates of death in men from: Cancers of mouth, esophagus, pharynx, and liver combined". Alcoholic consumption increase risk of breast cancer in dose response relation, starting at an alcohol intake of about two drinks per day. About 8% of americans aged 12 or older report current illicit drug use.
