Objectives: The neurophysiology, risk factors, and screening tools associated with alcohol
withdrawal syndrome in the ICU are reviewed. Alcohol withdrawal syndrome assessment …

Purpose The interplay between critical illness and mental disorders is poorly understood.
The purpose of this study is to measure both the treated prevalence of mental disorders and …

The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) affects at least 10% of patients in the
intensive care unit (ICU) and carries a high mortality rate of approximately 40%. 1 There …

Objective: Several studies find between-person reciprocal relations between
adolescent/college drinking and positive expectancies. However, drinking and expectancies …

Background Alcohol use disorders (AUD) are common in patients admitted to intensive care
units (ICU) and increase the risk for worse outcomes. In this study, we describe factors …

Background One of the most effective smoking cessation strategies involves care and advice
from nurses due to their role in the front line of treatment. Lack of education on smoking …

Background Survivors of critical illness have poor long-term outcomes with subsequent
increases in healthcare utilisation. Less is known about the interplay between multimorbidity …

Background Rehospitalization is an important and costly outcome that occurs commonly in
several diseases encountered in the medical intensive care unit (ICU). Although alcohol use …

Rationale Investigations show that medications for alcohol use disorders (MAUD) reduce
heavy drinking and relapses. However, only 1.6% of individuals with alcohol use disorders …

Individuals with HIV infection are living substantially longer on antiretroviral therapy, but
hospitalization rates continue to be relatively high. We do not know how overall or diagnosis …