March 4, 2021

Alcohol Withdrawal Rates in Hospitalized Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

Keywords (Tags): health care setting

• A cohort study in a hospital system in Delaware found an increase in rates of alcohol withdrawal (AW) during 2020 compared to 2019. Incidence in 2020 peaked at 1.8-fold higher than 2019 during the last 2 weeks of the stay-at-home order. AW rates remained elevated during the reopening period.

Sharma et al. (Mar 3, 2021). Alcohol Withdrawal Rates in Hospitalized Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Network Open. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.0422