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  2. Alcohol intoxication - Wikipedia

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    Acute alcohol poisoning is a medical emergency due to the risk of death from respiratory depression or aspiration of vomit if vomiting occurs while the person is unresponsive. Emergency treatment strives to stabilize and maintain an open airway and sufficient breathing while waiting for the alcohol to metabolize.

  3. Alcohol detoxification - Wikipedia

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    Alcohol detoxification (also known as detox) is the abrupt cessation of alcohol intake in individuals that have alcohol use disorder. This process is often coupled with substitution of drugs that have effects similar to the effects of alcohol in order to lessen the symptoms of alcohol withdrawal .

  4. List of deaths through alcohol - Wikipedia

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    Organ failure related to alcohol abuse Musician Jeff Hanneman: 2 May 2013 (aged 49) Inland Empire, California, United States Alcohol-related liver cirrhosis: Musician Jani Lane: 11 August 2011 (aged 47) Los Angeles, California, United States Acute alcohol poisoning [9] Musician Amy Winehouse: 23 July 2011 (aged 27)

  5. Alcohol inhalation - Wikipedia

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    Alcohol inhalation is a method of administering alcohol directly into the respiratory system, with aid of a vaporizing or nebulizing device or bag. It is chiefly applied for recreational use, when it is also referred to as alcohol smoking, but it has medical applications for testing on laboratory rats, and treatment of pulmonary edema and viral pneumonia.

  6. Mass poisoning blamed on tainted alcohol, with American among ...

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    Reports about the mass poisoning in Vang Vieng began to emerge last week after Jones and Bowles fell ill on Nov. 13 after a night out drinking with a group in the remote town.

  7. Alcoholic ketoacidosis - Wikipedia

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    Other conditions that may present similarly include other causes of high anion gap metabolic acidosis such as diabetic ketoacidosis, toxic alcohol ingestion, and starvation ketosis. [2] Toxic alcohol ingestion includes methanol and ethylene glycol poisoning. [6] Pancreatitis, alcoholic hepatitis, and gastritis may also result in similar ...

  8. Alcoholic liver disease - Wikipedia

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    Risk factors known as of 2010 are: Quantity of alcohol taken: Consumption of 60–80 g per day (14 g is considered one standard drink in the US, e.g. 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 US fl oz or 44 mL hard liquor, 5 US fl oz or 150 mL wine, 12 US fl oz or 350 mL beer; drinking a six-pack of 5% ABV beer daily would be 84 g and just over the upper limit) for 20 years or more in men, or 20 g/day for women ...

  9. Hostel staff detained after 6 deaths linked to alcohol poisoning

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    Alcohol tainted with methanol is suspected to be the cause of the deaths. Methanol is a toxic alcohol that can be added to liquor to increase its potency but can cause blindness, liver damage and ...