Thiamine Supplementation in Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder Presenting With Acute Critical Illness : A Nationwide Retrospective Observational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Thiamine supplementation is recommended for patients with alcohol use disorder (AUD). The authors hypothesize that critically ill patients with AUD are commonly not given thiamine supplementation.

Objective

To describe thiamine supplementation incidence in patients with AUD and various critical illnesses (alcohol withdrawal, septic shock, traumatic brain injury [TBI], and diabetic ketoacidosis [DKA]) in the United States.

Design

Retrospective observational study.

Setting

Cerner Health Facts database.

Patients

Adult patients with a diagnosis of AUD who were admitted to the intensive care unit with alcohol withdrawal, septic shock, TBI, or DKA between 2010 and 2017.

Measurements

Incidence and predicted probability of thiamine supplementat

SUBMITTER: Pawar RD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9169677 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature