TY - JOUR AU - Santana, Cleiton José AU - Oliveira, Magda Lucia Felix de AU - Modesto, Mirella Machado Ortiz AU - Guedes, Marcia Regina Jupi AU - Lima, Paola Kallyanna Guarneri Carvalho de AU - Santos, Giovana Alves PY - 2022/09/20 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Readmissions and deaths from complications associated with alcohol abuse JF - Rev Rene JA - Rev Rene VL - 23 IS - 0 SE - Research Article DO - 10.15253/2175-6783.20222378693 UR - http://www.periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/78693 SP - e78693 AB - <p><strong>Objective:</strong> to analyze readmissions and deaths of hospitalized patients due to the effects of alcohol abuse. <strong>Methods:</strong> documentary, longitudinal and retrospective study, by analysis of hospital records, carried out in a teaching hospital, by descriptive analysis, univariate association, using Pearson's chi-square test. <strong>Results:</strong> 399 readmissions of 278 patients were analyzed. Two hospitalizations predominated (69.6%). Most were male (85.2%), and the mean age was 47.15 years (± 13.91); 91.2% were readmissions due to the use of alcoholic beverages, with 45.3% of complications associated with injuries, poisoning and external causes of morbidity and mortality. Twenty-seven (9.7%) patients died. The readmissions of retirees/housewives had an odds ratio of 3.0 of progressing to death. <strong>Conclusion:</strong> the analysis showed prevalent readmissions and mortality in males, productive age group, with a significant association of risk in intensive care patients and cause of death associated with complications of chronic alcohol use. <strong>Contributions to practice:</strong> the identification of the causes of readmissions helps nursing professionals in the early recognition of signs of severity and serves as a subsidy for the development of prevention strategies and actions to improve the care network.</p> ER -