Clinical-social peculiarities of alcogolic encephalopathy in elderly people
There has been given an analysis of clinical-social aspects of alcoholic encephalopathy among elderly and able-bodied persons being under treatment in hospitals of Severodvinsk of the Arkhangelsk region in 2004—2010. Annual increase in the number of patients with alcoholic encephalopathy among the elderly persons has been detected; more frequent occurrence of serious states and high percentage of urgent hospitalization as well as longer periods of elderly persons treatment have been registered.