Alcohol Use Disorders and the Lung: A Clinical andPathophysiological Approach is an excellent resource for clinicians who care for individuals affected by alcohol use disorders in diverse settings.Although alcohol abuse alone does not cause acute lung injury, it renders the lung susceptible to dysfunction in response to the inflammatory stresses of sepsis, trauma, and other clinical conditions recognized to cause acute lung injury. In parallel, these samepathophysiological effects of alcohol abuse significantly increase the risk of a wide range ofserious lung infections.Many clinicians...

This book expands understanding of the health consequences of alcohol use disorders and the health of the lung. Details susceptibility to dysfunction in response to inflammatory stresses of sepsis, trauma and other clinical conditions recognized to cause ARDS.