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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