ALCOHOLISM IN POLYTRAUMA

Polytrauma requires a sometimes long and expensive hospitalization with a mortality of approximately one in three. In 250 patients, there was significant difference between the mortality rate of 2-wheeled vehicle drivers and the mortality rate of the light vehicle drivers (less than 0.05). The risks of morbidity and mortality amongst alcoholics increased for chronic alcoholics (60%) regardless of sex or age differences. Mortality of occasional drinkers was 13.3%, 51% of the offenders were chronic alcoholics. Chronic alcoholism in polytraumatology appears to be a serious element since 59% of multiple injured patients had blood alcohol concentration greater than 1.2 gm/L, 65% greater than 0.8 gm/L, and 70% greater than 0.50 gm/L. Thus chronic alcoholism is a serious index in traumatology.

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• Authors:
  • Herve, H
  • Gaillard, M
  • Roujas, F
  • Hugenard, P
• Publication Date: 1986-12

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 1123-26
• Serial:
  • Journal of Trauma, Injury, Infection and Critical Care
  • Volume: 26
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
  • ISSN: 0022-5282

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcoholism; Blood alcohol levels; Fatalities; Injuries
• Uncontrolled Terms: Mortality rates
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00495820
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-039 843
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 31 1990 12:00AM