{"id":12129,"date":"2022-12-14T13:51:29","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T03:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/?p=12129"},"modified":"2022-12-14T14:02:59","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T04:02:59","slug":"jti-20221214","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/newsletters\/news-at-the-royal\/jti-20221214","title":{"rendered":"JTI implements new methods to measure alcohol consumption in ED presentations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h4><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-12073 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/12\/jti-alcohol-story-photo-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/12\/jti-alcohol-story-photo-1-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/12\/jti-alcohol-story-photo-1-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/12\/jti-alcohol-story-photo-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/12\/jti-alcohol-story-photo-1-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/12\/jti-alcohol-story-photo-1.jpg 600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/400;\" \/>In response to the issue of alcohol use in patients presenting to emergency departments (ED) in Queensland, Jamieson Trauma Institute (JTI) have identified a need for valid and reliable surveillance of the prevalence of alcohol use in patients. By collecting accurate data, the team hope to provide a more complete picture of the risk factors and inform targeted public health interventions.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In collaboration with Pathology Queensland, the JTI has piloted a new surveillance approach comparing acute and medium-term alcohol use in patients, through two markers of alcohol consumption, the well-known blood ethanol and the new phosphatidylethanol (PEth).\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The project, led by JTI Principal Research Fellow Professor Cate Cameron and Pathology Queensland\u2019s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Dr Jacobus Ungerer,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> involved secondary testing of blood samples collected during routine clinical care of ED patients presenting to RBWH for a 10-day period, which included the Australia Day long weekend.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Blood ethanol, the most frequently used biomarker of alcohol use, may not always accurately reflect the patient\u2019s ethanol exposure. Due to its relatively short half-life in blood, it is only a snapshot of the blood alcohol level at that moment in time. As a marker of medium-term and long-term alcohol use, PEth levels can indicate a person\u2019s \u2018average\u2019 alcohol consumption during the previous two to four weeks. As such, the PEth test could be the tool required to quantify medium to long-term alcohol exposure and its impact on hospital presentations.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The pilot findings were alarming \u2013 blood ethanol was found in nearly 10 per cent of patients and PEth was found in over 30 per cent. Interestingly, 25 per cent of the patients tested negative for blood ethanol had PEth concentrations which indicated significant to heavy medium-term alcohol consumption.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This new approach showed that simply using blood ethanol tests in isolation may miss medium-term alcohol consumption in ED presentations. Performing periodic measurement of both acute and medium-term alcohol consumption in ED presentations would be valuable for informing targeted public health prevention and control strategies.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Professor Cate Cameron said the research is necessary to ensure education and resources for alcohol misuse can be targeted appropriately.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe impact of alcohol misuse in Australia is immense, both from acute intoxication such as injury risk and violence, as well as a myriad of chronic health issues,\u201d Professor Cameron said.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cSince the study was developed, the pandemic hit worldwide leading to an <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">unprecedented job losses, lockdowns, isolation, work from home and increasing domestic violence.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cEvidence from other studies suggests increases in alcohol sales and consumption in this time.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom:50px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to the issue of alcohol use in patients presenting to emergency departments (ED) in Queensland, Jamieson Trauma Institute (JTI) have identified a need for valid and reliable surveillance of the prevalence of alcohol use in patients. 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