Narasimha, Venkata Lakshmi and Shukla, Lekhansh and Mukherjee, Diptadhi and Menon, Jayakrishnan and Huddar, Sudheendra and Panda, Udit Kumar and Mahadevan, Jayant and Kandasamy, Arun and Chand, Prabhat K and Benegal, Vivek and Murthy, Pratima (2020) Complicated alcohol withdrawal - an unintended consequence of COVID-19 lockdown. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 55, (4), pp. 350-353. doi: 10.1093/alcalc/agaa042..
External website: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC72392...
AIM: To assess the impact of COVID-19-related lockdown in India on alcohol-dependent persons.
METHOD: We examined the change in the incidence of severe alcohol withdrawal syndrome presenting to hospitals in the city of Bangalore.
RESULTS: A changepoint analysis of the time series data (between 01.01.20 to 11.04.20) showed an increase in the average number of cases from 4 to 8 per day (likelihood ratio test: χ2 = 72, df = 2, P < 0.001).
CONCLUSION: An unintended consequence of the lockdown was serious illness in some patients with alcohol use disorders.
G Health and disease > Substance use disorder > Alcohol use disorder > Alcohol dependence
G Health and disease > Substance use disorder > Alcohol use disorder > Alcohol withdrawal
G Health and disease > Disease by cause (Aetiology) > Communicable / infectious disease > Viral disease / infection > Coronavirus (COVID-19)
VA Geographic area > Asia
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