Assessment of current alcoholism rates among vehicular and non-vehicular patients admitted to a level I regional trauma center.

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Soderstrom, C.A. Kerns, T.J. Ho, S.M. Dischinger, P.C. Read, K.M. & Smith, G.S.
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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, or 25.0% overall, 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 blood alcohol concentration positive (BAC+) patients, 54.5% were 54.5% were current alcoholics. However, 14.4% of alcohol-negative patients were also diagnosed as alcohol dependent. (A)

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C 9054 (In: C 9037 S) /83 / IRRD 893908
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In: Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine AAAM, Vancouver, British Columbia, October 7-9, 1996, p. 247-261, 31 ref.

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