Table 1.

Questions to ask patients with suspected alcoholic hepatitis

When did you first start to drink alcohol?

How many days per week do you usually drink?

How many years have you been drinking on a regular or daily basis?

How many times have you been arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol?

How many times have you been arrested for public intoxication?

What type of alcohol do you usually drink? Beer? Wine? Hard liquor?

How many drinks of each type of alcohol do you drink on an average day?

Do you usually drink at home? Bars?

Have you been through an alcohol rehabilitation program? What type-inpatient or outpatient? How many times?

Have there been prolonged times when you drank no alcohol?

When was your last drink?