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This retrospective population cohort study looked at first time ED visits for adolescents and young adults comparing those with visits related to alcohol to those not related to alcohol. Patients in the alcohol related visit group had a threefold increased one year mortality rate. Cause of death was trauma, poisoning by drug and alcohol. Risk factors include being male, age 20-29, history of mental health and having a visit for withdrawal.
Adolescents and young adults presenting to an emergency department for an alcohol related complaint are high risk for one year mortality and deserve intervention and appropriate referral.
References
Academic Emergency MedicineVolume 31, Issue 3 p. 220-229
Mortality in adolescents and young adults following a first presentation to the emergency department for alcohol
Lyndsay D. Harrison MSc, Asnake Y. Dumicho MSc, Anan Bader Eddeen MSc, Peter Tanuseputro MD, MHSc, Claire E. Kendall MD, PhD, Jess G. Fiedorowicz MD, PhD, Tea Rosic MD … See all authors
https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.14843