Publications by authors named "Emily Milefchik"
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- The study investigates the impact of heavy alcohol consumption (HAC) and smoking on mortality rates in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD).
- It found that 65% of subjects had indicators of chronic HAC, which significantly increased the risk of death, while smoking intensity had a different relationship with coronary artery obstruction.
- The researchers suggest that HAC is an important but often overlooked factor in CHD-related mortality and that treatment for substance use is likely underused in this patient population.
Currently, clinicians use their judgement and indices such as the Prediction of Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome Scale (PAWSS) to determine whether patients are admitted to hospitals for consideration of withdrawal syndrome (AWS). However, only a fraction of those admitted will experience severe AWS. Previously, we and others have shown that epigenetic indices, such as the Alcohol T-Score (ATS), can quantify recent alcohol consumption.
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