TY - JOUR
T1 - Sudden unexpected death in alcohol misuse - An unrecognized public health issue?
AU - Templeton, Alexa H.
AU - Carter, Karen L.T.
AU - Sheron, Nick
AU - Gallagher, Patrick J.
AU - Verrill, Clare
PY - 2009/12
Y1 - 2009/12
N2 - Sudden arrhythmic cardiac death can occur in chronic misusers of alcohol. The only findings at post mortem are fatty liver and a negative or low blood alcohol. This is an under-recognized entity. Coroner's post mortems in a typical UK city were studied. Seven out of 1,292 (0.5%) post mortems were deemed to have died of alcohol associated arrhythmic death. Applying this study to the UK as a whole, alcohol related arrhythmic death or as we have termed it SUDAM (Sudden Unexpected Death in Alcohol Misuse) probably accounts for around 1,000 deaths, many of which are misattributed to other causes.
AB - Sudden arrhythmic cardiac death can occur in chronic misusers of alcohol. The only findings at post mortem are fatty liver and a negative or low blood alcohol. This is an under-recognized entity. Coroner's post mortems in a typical UK city were studied. Seven out of 1,292 (0.5%) post mortems were deemed to have died of alcohol associated arrhythmic death. Applying this study to the UK as a whole, alcohol related arrhythmic death or as we have termed it SUDAM (Sudden Unexpected Death in Alcohol Misuse) probably accounts for around 1,000 deaths, many of which are misattributed to other causes.
KW - Alcohol
KW - Death
KW - Post mortem and sudden cardiac death
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=74549141757&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/ijerph6123070
DO - 10.3390/ijerph6123070
M3 - Article
C2 - 20049246
AN - SCOPUS:74549141757
SN - 1661-7827
VL - 6
SP - 3070
EP - 3081
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
IS - 12
ER -
