Use of blood alcohol concentration and laboratory tests to detect current alcohol dependence in trauma center patients

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 874-880

  Ryb, Gabriel E ^a,c   Soderstrom, Carl A ^a   Kufera, Joseph A ^b   Dischinger, Patricia C ^b   Ho, Shiu M ^b  

^a R ADAMS COWLEY SHOCK TRAUMA CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center Atlantic City Campus   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Biological markers; Blood alcohol concentration; Screening tests; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOLISM; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SERUM OSMOLALITY;

EID: 0032749734     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199911000-00010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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