ALCOHOLISM AT THE TIME OF INJURY AMONG TRAUMA CENTER PATIENTS: VEHICULAR CRASH VICTIMS COMPARED WITH OTHER PATIENTS.

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SODERSTROM, C.A. DISCHINGER, P.C. SMITH, G.S. HEBEL, J.R. MCDUFF, D.R. GORELICK, D.A. KERNS, T.J. HO, S.M. & READ, K.M.
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Abstract

A structured in-depth interview employing standardized criteria was used to determine the prevalence of lifetime and current alcohol dependence (alcoholism) in unselected consecutive patients admitted to a regional Level I trauma center. Of 629 patients, 157 (25.0%) were current alcoholics at the time of injury. An additional 87 (13.8%) were diagnosed as lifetime non-current alcoholics. There was no significant difference in the rates of current alcohol dependence among patients injured in vehicular crashes (23.5%), other unintentional trauma victims (29.3%), and those injured as a result of violence (24.6%). Of BAC+ (blood alcohol concentration positive) patients, 54.5% were current alcoholics. However, 14.4% of alcohol-negative patients were also diagnosed as alcohol dependent. (Author/publisher).

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I 894597 IRRD 9802 /83 /84 /
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ACCIDENT ANALYSIS & PREVENTION. 1997 /11. 29(6) PP715-21 ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD, OX5 1GB, UNITED KINGDOM 1997

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