• CJEM · Feb 2023

    Risk factors associated with 1-week revisit among emergency department patients with alcohol withdrawal.

    • Frank X Scheuermeyer, Daniel Lane, Brian Grunau, Eric Grafstein, Isabelle Miles, Andrew Kestler, David Barbic, Skye Barbic, Igor Slvjic, Shayla Duley, Alec Yu, Ivan Chiu, and Grant Innes.
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, St Paul's Hospital and The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. frank.scheuermeyer@gmail.com.
    • CJEM. 2023 Feb 1; 25 (2): 150156150-156.

    BackgroundApproximately one-quarter of emergency department (ED) visits for alcohol withdrawal result in unscheduled 1-week ED return visits, but it is unclear what patient and clinical factors may impact this outcome METHODS: From January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2018, at three urban EDs in Vancouver, Canada, we studied patients who were discharged with a primary or secondary diagnosis of alcohol withdrawal. We performed a structured chart review to ascertain patient characteristics, ED treatments, and the outcome of an ED return within 1 week of discharge. We used univariable and multivariable Bayesian binomial regression to identify characteristics associated with being in the upper quartile of 1-week ED revisits.ResultsWe collected 935 ED visits among 593 unique patients. Median age was 45 years (interquartile range 34 to 55 years) and 71% were male. The risk of a 1-week ED revisit was 15.0% (IQR 12.3; 19.5%). After adjustment, factors independently associated with a high risk for return included any prior ED visit within 30 days, no fixed address, initial blood alcohol level > 45 mmol/L, and initial Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment-alcohol revised score > 23. These factors explained 41% of the overall variance in revisits.ConclusionAmong discharged ED patients with alcohol withdrawal, we describe high-risk patient characteristics associated with 1-week ED revisits, and these findings may assist clinicians to facilitate appropriate discharge planning with access to integrated follow-up support.© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP)/ Association Canadienne de Médecine d'Urgence (ACMU).

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