Episode 357: 256. Medications for alcohol-use disorder and follow-up after hospitalization

Episode 357: 256. Medications for alcohol-use disorder and follow-up after hospitalization

Allaudeen N et al. Medications for alcohol-use disorder and follow-up after hospitalization for alcohol withdrawal: A multicenter study. J Hosp Med 2024 Dec; 19:1122. (https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.13458)

Hospital admission for alcohol withdrawal is a problem when it comes to readmission. They just come back---



In this retrospective study of ≈600 patients (96% men) admitted for alcohol withdrawal at 19 Veterans Affairs hospitals during 1 year (2018–2019), researchers evaluated prescription rates of medications for alcohol use disorder (AUD; e.g., naltrexone, acamprosate, disulfiram, gabapentin, topiramate) and scheduled follow-up appointments.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of medications for AUD and follow-up appointments on readmission and abstinence.

Neither prescription of AUD agents (to 51% of patients) at hospital discharge nor scheduled follow-up appointments at discharge were associated with 30-day readmissions or 6-month alcohol abstinence.

Only direct discharge to residential AUD treatment programs was associated significantly with fewer readmissions (odds ratio, 0.4) and alcohol abstinence (OR, 2.5). Additionally, being discharged with a primary care appointment and actually attending the appointment was associated with fewer hospital readmissions (OR, 0.3).


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Episode 376: 387. Methods Monday and an Example of Subgroup Analysis

Episode 376: 387. Methods Monday and an Example of Subgroup Analysis

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Episode 375: 386. Could half dose anticoagulation be the answer?

Episode 375: 386. Could half dose anticoagulation be the answer?

Estimated 5-year incidence of recurrent VTE was similar in the reduced-dose and full-dose groups (2.2% and 1.8%). Estimated 5-year bleeding incidence was significantly lower with reduced-dose than wi...

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Episode 374: 385. PRACTICE CHANGER! Male-Partner Treatment to Prevent Recurrence of Bacterial Vaginosis

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https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2405404NNT of 4! systemic metronid and topical clinda bid for one week

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Episode 373: 384. Chronic Kidney Disease and Empagliflozin Legacy Effect

Episode 373: 384. Chronic Kidney Disease and Empagliflozin Legacy Effect

What Was Studied?The EMPA-KIDNEY trial followed 6,609 CKD patients at risk of disease progression. Participants were randomly assigned to receive empagliflozin (10 mg daily) or a placebo for a median ...

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Episode 372: 383. What is the GFR at which we stop metforin?

Episode 372: 383. What is the GFR at which we stop metforin?

Metformin while not necessarily first line therapy for diabetes depending on the patients co-morbid conditions it is certainly highly ranked on the list of medications! I know often metformin is stopp...

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Episode 371: 382. Is it safe to give the flu and covid vaccine at the same time?

Episode 371: 382. Is it safe to give the flu and covid vaccine at the same time?

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2825813Conclusions and Relevance  In this randomized clinical trial assessing simultaneous vs sequential administration of mRNA COVID-19 an...

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Episode 370: 381. Relative efficacy of prehabilitation interventions and their components

Episode 370: 381. Relative efficacy of prehabilitation interventions and their components

https://www.bmj.com/content/388/bmj-2024-081164systematic review and meta-analysis on prehabilitation before surgery, published in the BMJ in February 2025.Prehabilitation aims to prepare patients for...

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Episode 369: 380. REPOST mammo part 2

Episode 369: 380. REPOST mammo part 2

Mammograms

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