@article{ref1,
title="The relationship between blood alcohol concentration and injury severity in patients admitted to the hospital emergency department after a motor vehicle accident",
journal="Eurasian journal of emergency medicine",
year="2016",
author="Dogan, Serkan and Acar, Nurdan and Cevik, Arif Alper and Ozakin, Engin and Baloglu Kaya, Filiz and Arslantas, Didem",
volume="15",
number="3",
pages="121-125",
abstract="AIM: The aim of our study is to establish the point at which a high blood alcohol concentration (BAC) in patients admitted to a hospital's emergency department (ED) after an automobile accident can increase the severity of the injury and influence the survival and death rates. <br><br>MATERIALS AND METHODS: Our study is a prospective performed on patients ≥18 years of age admitted to the ED for in-car road accidents (ICRA) between September 15, 2011 and September 14, 201214-09-2012. Information such as demographic features, trauma score systems, BACs, hospital charges, discharge, hospitalization, and death of the patients was recorded. <br><br>RESULTS: The BACs of 52 out of a total of 324 patients were determined to be above normal limits (50 mg/dL). The clinical condition of patients with a BAC above normal limits was relatively worse (42.9%) than those with a BAC within normal limits (p<0.05). The BAC was above normal limits for 30.0% of the hospitalized patients, for 50% of surgical patients, and for 45.5% of deceased patients. <br><br>CONCLUSION: This study determined that there is a relationship between a high BAC and injury severity for patients admitted to the ED for ICRA and that a high BAC negatively affects the survival rate and increases the death rate in emergency medicine.    Keywords: Blood alcohol concentration, in-car road accident, injury severity, emergency unit<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2149-5807",
doi="10.5152/eajem.2016.64936",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5152/eajem.2016.64936"
}