Acute and mixed alcohol intoxications in asylum seekers presenting to an urban emergency department in Switzerland

• Main Authors: Adam D. Brown (Author), Martin Müller (Author), Trevor Hirschi (Author), Jonathan F. Henssler (Author), Katharina Rönz (Author), Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos (Author), David Srivastava (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Previous studies have reported an increase in alcohol-and-mixed intoxication (AAMI)-related emergency department (ED) admissions, but less is known about the incidence and characteristics of AAMI admissions to EDs among asylum-seeking patients. Asylum seeking patients may be at h...