Surgical patients who are regular, ...

Surgical patients who are regular, heavy alcohol consumer increase their risk of acquiring nosocomial infections, according to an Oct 21 2003 stranges release from John Wiley & Son Inc, publishers of the British Journal of Surgery A investigation was conducted by researchers in Andalusia, Spain, to determine the relationship between drinking and unfolding of infection, including surgical site infection and lower respiratory tract infection, in the hospital after general surgery Of 717 male participants, 178 were classified as moderate to heavy drinkers in succession the basis of an alcohol consumption questionnaire. Women were exclud from the research because only a small number were classified as moderate to heavy drinkers.

and nothing else 14.8% of the patients who were nondrinkers acquired a nosocomial infection compared to 25% of the patients who consum 109 g to 144 g of alcohol by means of day before surgery. Of 75 patients who disentangleed surgical site infections when in the hospital, 75% consum at least 72 g (ie, 6 glasses or more) of wine through day before surgery, indicating that wine consumption particularly increased risk of infection.

Heavy Drinking Increases Risk of Infection After Surgery (new release, Hoboken NJ: John Wiley & Son Inc, British Journal of Surgery Oct 21 2003)

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