A new screening test makes out two times as many heavy drinkers as the usually used liver enzyme test, a new report shows.
The Early Detection of Alcohol Consumption (EDAC) test finds out the possibility of heavy drinking in the preceding four to six weeks and could assist physicians spot and treat problem drinkers quicker. It uses an algorithm of 20 blood chemistry levels and evaluates the subject's test outcome to data from above 1,700 heavy and light drinkers in a record.
The record categorize heavy drinkers as men reporting more than five drinks a day or women having more than four drinks a day.
A presentation regarding the test and its efficiency was to be made Wednesday at the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) annual meeting, in Washington, D.C.
When patients are face up to with test results, they can be more probable to change their activities said James Harasymiw, director of Alcohol Detection Services in Big Bend, Wisc., in a news release issue by the AACC.
Physicians can show patients the test results to assist convince them that their drinking is make serious damage to their organs and other biologic systems, Harasymiw said.
The Early Detection of Alcohol Consumption (EDAC) test finds out the possibility of heavy drinking in the preceding four to six weeks and could assist physicians spot and treat problem drinkers quicker. It uses an algorithm of 20 blood chemistry levels and evaluates the subject's test outcome to data from above 1,700 heavy and light drinkers in a record.
The record categorize heavy drinkers as men reporting more than five drinks a day or women having more than four drinks a day.
A presentation regarding the test and its efficiency was to be made Wednesday at the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) annual meeting, in Washington, D.C.
When patients are face up to with test results, they can be more probable to change their activities said James Harasymiw, director of Alcohol Detection Services in Big Bend, Wisc., in a news release issue by the AACC.
Physicians can show patients the test results to assist convince them that their drinking is make serious damage to their organs and other biologic systems, Harasymiw said.
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