@article{ref1,
title="The blood alcohol concentration testing emergency room investigation analysis study: a 1-year review of blood alcohol concentration testing in an emergency department",
journal="Advances in emergency medicine",
year="2015",
author="Elgammal, Ayman and Eves, Doireann and Albaghli, Abbas and Kane, Daniel and Durcan, Robert and Storey, David and Gilligan, Peadar",
volume="2015",
number="",
pages="1-5",
abstract="Aim. To describe the actual use of blood alcohol concentration (BAC) testing in an emergency department. <br><br>METHOD. This study was performed to examine in what circumstances emergency medicine doctors and nurses request blood alcohol concentrations and the outcome of patients so tested. A retrospective study was performed. A database of all the patients who presented to the emergency department and who were tested for BAC in 2012 was created. Descriptive statistics are used to present the findings. <br><br>RESULTS. During 2012, there were 1191 patients on whom BAC testing was performed. 37 patients had a BAC greater than the allegedly lethal concentration of 400 mg/100 mL. Using a multifactorial analysis model, a higher blood alcohol concentration was associated with a lower Glasgow Coma Score. <br><br>CONCLUSION. BAC testing is most often performed in the context of alleged overdose. BAC was performed in other clinical scenarios albeit in less than 2% of all ED attendances.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2356-6671",
doi="10.1155/2015/410827",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/410827"
}