Pre-injury driving records of trauma center patients relative to psychoactive substance use disorders, mode of injury, and BAC (blood alcohol concentration) status.

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Soderstrom, C.A. Dischinger, P.C. Ho, S.M. Kerns, T.J. Flint, R.D. Ballesteros, M.F. & Smith, G.S.
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Abstract

The goal of this study was to assess pre-injury driving convictions (speeding, reckless driving, impaired driving, major license violations) among trauma center patients with respect to psychoactive substance use disorder (PSUD) diagnoses, injury mode, and blood alcohol concentration (BAC) status at the time of admission. Driving records of 778 patients were linked to PSUDs and BAC. Twenty-nine percent of patients had a conviction in the 3 years prior to injury. Violation types were not related to injury mode. Although there was a positive association between prior impaired driving convictions, current alcohol dependence, and BAC+ status, a consistent pattern relative to other pre-injury convictions, PSUDs, and BAC status was not apparent. (A)

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C 12695 (In: C 12671 S) /83 / IRRD E201333
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In: Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA, October 5-7, 1998, p. 385-400, 22 ref.

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