@article{ref1,
title="Analysis of prognostic factors affecting admission in acute alcohol-intoxicated patients with traumatic brain injury visiting emergency room",
journal="Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine",
year="2017",
author="Kim, Dae Chan and Kang, Gu Hyun and Kim, Wonhee and Jang, Yong Soo and Choi, Hyun Young and Ha, Jin Keun and Choi, Ihn Geun and Lee, Byung Kook and Kim, Oh Hyun and Ryu, Ji Ho and Cho, Gyu Chong and Cho, Young Suk and Kang, Boseung and Kim, Ho Jung and Lee, Jeong Hun and Choi, Han Joo and Yeom, Seok Ran",
volume="28",
number="6",
pages="587-594",
abstract="PURPOSE: This study analyzed the prognostic factors affecting admission in acute alcohol-intoxicated traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients visiting the emergency room.  Method: A multicenter, retrospective observational study was conducted on 821 acute alcohol-intoxicated adult trauma patients, who visited 10 university hospital emergency centers from April to November 2016. The primary outcome was hospital admission. The secondary outcome was in-hospital mortality.  Results: One hundred sixty-eight patients diagnosed with acute alcohol-intoxicated TBI were analyzed. The increase in blood alcohol concentration was associated significantly with a mild decrease in admission (adjusted odds ratio, 0.993; 95% confidence interval, 0.989 to 0.998; p=0.01). Moderate to severe TBI patients showed a significant increase in admission compared to mild TBI patients (adjusted odds ratio, 12.449; 95% confidence interval, 3.316 to 46.743; p<0.001).  Conclusion: This study showed that the admission was inversely correlated with the blood alcohol concentration and is correlated directly with the increase in the severity in TBI. Therefore, emergency physicians may be required to identify the severity of TBI rapidly and accurately in acute alcohol-intoxicated trauma patients visiting the emergency room.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1226-4334",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}