Alcohol exposure, injury, and death in trauma patients

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 643-648

  Afshar, Majid ^a   Netzer, Giora ^b   Murthi, Sarah ^c   Smith, Gordon S ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Ethanol; In hospital death; Trauma severity indices

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ASSAULT; BLUNT TRAUMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MORTALITY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MARYLAND; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MARYLAND; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942586660     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000825     Document Type: Conference Paper

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