Editing Alcohol intoxication (section)

==Clinical findings==
===Hospital admissions===
Alcohol intoxication was found to be prevalent in clinical populations within the United States involving people treated for<ref name="Von2008">{{cite journal |last1=Vonghia |first1=L |last2=Leggio |first2=L |last3=Ferrulli |first3=A |last4=Bertini |first4=M |last5=Gasbarrini |first5=G |last6=Addolorato |first6=G |last7=Alcoholism Treatment Study |first7=Group. |date=December 2008 |title=Acute alcohol intoxication. |journal=European Journal of Internal Medicine |volume=19 |issue=8 |pages=561–7 |doi=10.1016/j.ejim.2007.06.033 |pmid=19046719}}</ref> trauma<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Almli |first1=Lynn M. |last2=Lori |first2=Adriana |last3=Meyers |first3=Jacquelyn L. |last4=Shin |first4=Jaemin |last5=Fani |first5=Negar |last6=Maihofer |first6=Adam X. |last7=Nievergelt |first7=Caroline M. |last8=Smith |first8=Alicia K. |last9=Mercer |first9=Kristina B. |last10=Kerley |first10=Kimberly |last11=Leveille |first11=Jennifer M. |last12=Feng |first12=Hao |last13=Abu-Amara |first13=Duna |last14=Flory |first14=Janine D. |last15=Yehuda |first15=Rachel |date=September 2018 |title=Problematic alcohol use associates with sodium channel and clathrin linker 1 (SCLT1) in trauma-exposed populations |journal=Addiction Biology |volume=23 |issue=5 |pages=1145–1159 |doi=10.1111/adb.12569 |issn=1369-1600 |pmc=6584945 |pmid=29082582}}</ref> and in the age group of people aged within their 18th–24th years (in a study of a group for the years 1999–2004).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=White |first1=Aaron M. |last2=Hingson |first2=Ralph W. |last3=Pan |first3=I.-Jen |last4=Yi |first4=Hsiao-Ye |date=September 2011 |title=Hospitalizations for alcohol and drug overdoses in young adults ages 18–24 in the United States, 1999–2008: results from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample |journal=Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs |volume=72 |issue=5 |pages=774–786 |doi=10.15288/jsad.2011.72.774 |issn=1938-4114 |pmc=3357438 |pmid=21906505}}</ref> In the United States during the years 2010–2012, acute intoxication was found to be the direct cause of an average of 2,221 deaths, in the sample group of those aged within their 15th year or older.<ref name="Kan2015">{{cite journal |last1=Kanny |first1=D |last2=Brewer |first2=RD |last3=Mesnick |first3=JB |last4=Paulozzi |first4=LJ |last5=Naimi |first5=TS |last6=Lu |first6=H |date=9 January 2015 |title=Vital signs: alcohol poisoning deaths – United States, 2010–2012. |journal=[[Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report]] |volume=63 |issue=53 |pages=1238–42 |pmc=4646044 |pmid=25577989}}</ref> The same mortality route is thought to cause indirectly more than 30,000 deaths per year.<ref name=DSM5/>

===Prognosis===
[[File:An alcoholic man with delirium Wellcome L0060780 (level correction).jpg|thumb|right|Acute confusional state caused by [[Alcohol withdrawal syndrome|alcohol withdrawal]], otherwise known as ''[[delirium tremens]]'']]

A normal liver detoxifies the blood of alcohol over a period of time that depends on the initial level and the patient's overall physical condition. An abnormal liver will take longer but still succeeds, provided the alcohol does not cause [[liver failure]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Morgan |first=TR |year=2003 |title=Management of alcoholic hepatitis |journal=Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin |volume=41 |issue=2 |pages=49–52 |doi=10.1136/dtb.2003.41749 |pmc=3099359 |pmid=21960817}}</ref>

People having drunk heavily for several days or weeks may have [[Alcohol withdrawal syndrome|withdrawal]] symptoms after the acute intoxication has subsided.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=DeBellis |first1=R. |last2=Smith |first2=B. S. |last3=Choi |first3=S. |last4=Malloy|first4= M. |year=2005 |title=Management of Delirium Tremens |journal=J Intensive Care Med |volume=20 |issue=3 |pages=164–173 |doi=10.1177/0885066605275353 |pmid=15888905 |s2cid=31848749}}</ref>

A person consuming a dangerous amount of alcohol persistently can develop memory blackouts and idiosyncratic intoxication or pathological drunkenness symptoms.<ref>Gelder, M., Mayou, R. and Geddes, J. 2005. ''Psychiatry''. 3rd ed. New York: Oxford. pp. 186.</ref> [[Long-term effects of alcohol|Long-term persistent consumption of excessive amounts of alcohol]] can cause liver damage and have other deleterious health effects.