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dc.contributor.authorAmundsen, Marie S.
dc.contributor.authorKirkeby, Tine Marita Gjervan
dc.contributor.authorGiri, Samita
dc.contributor.authorKoju, R
dc.contributor.authorKrishna, SS
dc.contributor.authorYstgaard, Brynjulf
dc.contributor.authorSolligård, Erik
dc.contributor.authorRisnes, Kari
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-28T07:23:31Z
dc.date.available2021-04-28T07:23:31Z
dc.date.created2016-12-19T11:05:42Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationAlcohol. 2016, 57 9-14.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0741-8329
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2740032
dc.description.abstractRecent global burden of disease reports find that a major proportion of global deaths and disability worldwide can be attributed to alcohol use. Thus, it may be surprising that very few studies have reported on the burden of alcohol-related disease in low income settings. The evidence of non-communicable disease (NCD) burden in Nepal was recently reviewed and concluded that data is still lacking, particularly to describe the burden of alcohol-related diseases (ARDs). Therefore, here we report on NCD burden and specifically ARDs, in hospitalized patients at a regional hospital in Nepal. We conducted a retrospective chart-review that included detailed information on all discharged patients during a four month period. A local database that included sociodemographic information and diagnoses at discharge was established. All doctor-assigned discharge diagnoses were retrospectively assigned ICD-10 codes. A total of 1,139 hospitalized adult patients were included in the study and one third of these were NCDs (n = 332). The main NCDs were chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (n = 148, 45%) and ARDs (n = 57, 17%). Patients with ARD often presented with signs of liver cirrhosis and were typically younger men, with a median age at 43 years, from specific ethnic groups. These data demonstrate that severe alcohol-related organ failure in relatively young men contributed to a high proportion of NCDs in a regional hospital in Nepal. These findings are novel and alarming and warrant further studies that can establish the burden of ARDs and alcohol use in Nepal and other similar low-income countries.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleNon-communicable diseases at a regional hospital in Nepal: Findings of a high burden of alcohol-related diseaseen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.source.pagenumber9-14en_US
dc.source.volume57en_US
dc.source.journalAlcoholen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.alcohol.2016.10.008
dc.identifier.cristin1414911
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cristin.fulltextoriginal
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