Journal article
Most common principal diagnoses assigned to Australian emergency department presentations involving alcohol use: a multi‐centre study
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Vol.46(6), pp.903-909
2022
PMID: 36121276
Abstract
Objectives: Alcohol is the most widely consumed psychoactive substance in Australia and the consequences of alcohol consumption have enormous personal and social impacts. This study aimed to describe the principal diagnoses of emergency department (ED) presentations involving alcohol use in the previous 12 hours at eight hospitals in Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Methods: Twelve months’ data (1 July 2018 – 30 June 2019) were collected from eight EDs, including demographics, ICD‐10 codes, hospital location and self‐reported drinking in the preceding 12 hours. The ten most common ICD‐10 discharge codes were analysed based on age, sex and hospital geographic area.
Results: ICD codes pertaining to mental and behavioural disorders due to alcohol use accounted for the highest proportion in most EDs. Suicide ideation/attempt was in the five highest ICD codes for all but one hospital. It was the second most common alcohol‐related presentation for both males and females.
Conclusion: Alcohol plays a major role in a range of presentations, especially in relation to mental health and suicide.
The collection of alcohol involvement in ED presentations represents a major step forward in informing the community about the burden of alcohol on their health resources.
Details
- Title
- Most common principal diagnoses assigned to Australian emergency department presentations involving alcohol use: a multi‐centre study
- Authors
- Peter Miller - Deakin UniversityThea Vakidis - Deakin UniversityNicholas Taylor (Corresponding Author) - Deakin UniversityTim Baker (Author) - Deakin UniversityJulian Stella - Barwon HealthDiana Egerton-Warburton - Monash HealthShannon Hyder - Deakin UniversityPetra Staiger - Deakin UniversitySteven J. Bowe - Deakin UniversityJonathan Shepherd - Cardiff UniversityRachel Zordan (Author) - The University of MelbourneAndrew Walby - St Vincent's Hospital MelbourneMartyn Lloyd Jones (Author) - St Vincent's Hospital MelbourneDavid Caldicott - Calvary HospitalDaniel Barker - University of Newcastle AustraliaMichael Hall - Act HealthChristopher M. Doran - Central Queensland UniversityNadine Ezard (Author) - UNSW SydneyPaul Preisz (Author) - St Vincent's Hospital SydneyAlys Havard - UNSW SydneyAnthony Shakeshaft - UNSW SydneyHamed Akhlaghi (Author) - The University of MelbourneKate Kloot - Deakin UniversityNicole Lowry - Barwon HealthSuzanne Bumpstead - Monash Medical Centre
- Publication details
- Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Vol.46(6), pp.903-909
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- Date published
- 2022
- DOI
- 10.1111/1753-6405.13303
- ISSN
- 1753-6405
- PMID
- 36121276
- Copyright note
- © 2022 The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Health - Psychology
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991241461802621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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