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The alcoholic lung disease: Historical background and clinical features

by
Kiriakos Karkoulias
,
Haralampos Tsitsaras
,
Dimitrios Patouchas
,
Fotis Sampsonas
,
Dimostenis Likouras
,
Alexander Kaparianos
and
Kostas Spiropoulos
*
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pneumology, University Hospital of Patras, Greece
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Medicina 2008, 44(9), 651; https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina44090084
Submission received: 16 November 2006 / Accepted: 17 October 2007 / Published: 22 October 2007
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Abstract

The purpose of this review article is to prove the damage that alcohol causes to the respiratory system. We will make a brief review of alcohols history in the course of the centuries till nowadays. The problem of addiction to alcohol (alcoholism) will be examined for several countries. Alcohol’s metabolism is another topic to be discussed parallel to its pharmacological action. In addition, alcohol’s impact on the respiratory system varies from damaging the mucociliary system to the regulation of breathing and from the sleep apnea syndrome to diffusion disorders. “Alcoholic lung disease” constitutes a syndrome despite the fact that the damage of the lung due to concurrent smoking and drug use is often indistinguishable.
Keywords: alcohol; lung; history; physiology alcohol; lung; history; physiology

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Karkoulias, K.; Tsitsaras, H.; Patouchas, D.; Sampsonas, F.; Likouras, D.; Kaparianos, A.; Spiropoulos, K. The alcoholic lung disease: Historical background and clinical features. Medicina 2008, 44, 651. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina44090084

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Karkoulias K, Tsitsaras H, Patouchas D, Sampsonas F, Likouras D, Kaparianos A, Spiropoulos K. The alcoholic lung disease: Historical background and clinical features. Medicina. 2008; 44(9):651. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina44090084

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Karkoulias, Kiriakos, Haralampos Tsitsaras, Dimitrios Patouchas, Fotis Sampsonas, Dimostenis Likouras, Alexander Kaparianos, and Kostas Spiropoulos. 2008. "The alcoholic lung disease: Historical background and clinical features" Medicina 44, no. 9: 651. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina44090084

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