TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Alcohol-related emergency department injury presentations in Queensland adolescents and young adults over a 13-year period
JO  - Drug and alcohol review
A1  - Hides, Leanne
A1  - Limbong, Jesani
A1  - Vallmuur, Kirsten
A1  - Barker, Ruth
A1  - Daglish, Mark
A1  - Young, Ross McD
SP  - 177
EP  - 184
VL  - 34
IS  - 2
N2  - INTRODUCTION AND AIMS: The rate of alcohol-related emergency department (ED) presentations in young people has increased dramatically in recent decades. Injuries are the most common type of youth alcohol-related ED presentation, yet little is known about these injuries in young people. This paper describes the characteristics of alcohol-related ED injury presentations in young people over a 13-year period and determines if they differ by gender and/or age group (adolescents: 12-17 years; young adults: 18-24 years). DESIGN AND METHOD: The Queensland Injury Surveillance Unit (QISU) database collects injury surveillance data at triage in participating EDs throughout Queensland, Australia. A total of 4667 cases of alcohol-related injuries in young people (aged 12-24 years) were identified in the QISU database between January 1999 and December 2011, using an injury surveillance code and nursing triage text-based search strategy. <br><br>RESULTS: Overall, young people accounted for 38% of all QISU alcohol-related ED injury presentations in patients aged 12 years or over. The majority of young adults presented with injuries due to violence and falls, whereas adolescents presented due to self-harm or intoxication without other injury. Males presented with injuries due to violence, whereas females presented with alcohol-related self-harm and intoxication. <br><br>DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: There is a need for more effective ways of identifying the degree of alcohol involvement in injuries among young people presenting to EDs. [Hides L, Limbong J, Vallmuur K, Barker R, Daglish M, Young RMcD. Alcohol-related emergency department injury presentations in Queensland adolescents and young adults over a 13-year period. Drug Alcohol Rev 2014].<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0959-5236
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12218
ID  - ref1
ER  -