TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1996//
TI  - Assessment of Current Alcoholism Rates Among Vehicular and Nonvehicular Patients Admitted to a Level I Regional Trauma Center
JO  - Annual proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine
A1  - Ho, Shiu M.
A1  - Kerns, Timothy J.
A1  - Soderstrom, Carl A.
A1  - Smith, Gordon C. S.
A1  - Read, Kathleen M.
A1  - Dischinger, Patricia C.
SP  - 247
EP  - 261
VL  - 40
IS  - 
N2  - A structured in-depth interview employing standardized criteria was used to determine the prevalence of lifetime and current alcohol dependence (alcoholism) in unselected consecutive patients admitted to a regional Level I trauma center. Of 629 patients, 157, or 25.0% of overall, were current alcoholics at the time of injury. An additional 87 (13.8%) were diagnosed as lifetime non-current alcoholics. There was no significant difference in the rates of current alcohol dependence among patients injured in vehicular crashes (23.5%), other unintentional trauma victims (29.3%), and those injured as a result of violence (24.6%). Of BAC+ (blood alcohol concentration positive) patients, 54.5% were current alcoholics. However, 14.4% of alcohol-negative patients were also diagnosed as alcohol dependent.     <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1540-0360
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -