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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Alcohol and nonlethal injuries: A swiss emergency department study on the risk relationship between acute alcohol consumption and type of injury
Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care, Volume 65, No. 1, Year 2008
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Background: Acute alcohol consumption has been reported to be an important risk factor for injury, but clear scientific evidence on issues such as injury type is not available. The present study aims to improve the knowledge of the importance of alcohol consumption as an injury determinant with regards to two dimensions of the type of injury, namely the nature and the body region involved. Methods: Risk relationships between two injury type components and acute alcohol use were estimated through multinomial and logistic regression models based on data from 7,529 patients-among whom 3,682 had injury diagnoses-gathered in a Swiss emergency department. Results: Depending on the type of injury, between 31.1% and 48.7% of casualties report alcohol use before emergency department attendance. The multinomial regression models show that even low alcohol levels are consistently associated with nearly all natures of injury and body regions. A persistent dose-response effect between alcohol levels and risk associations was observed for almost all injury types. Conclusions: The results highlight the importance and consistency of the risk association between low and moderate levels of acute alcohol consumption and all types of injury. None of the body regions and natures of injury could pride on absence of association between alcohol and injury. Public health, prevention, and care implications are considered. Copyright © 2008 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Authors & Co-Authors
Kuendig, Hervé
Sweden, Stockholm
Karolinska Institutet
Switzerland, Lausanne
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Switzerland, Lausanne
Schweizerische Fachstelle Für Alkohol- Und Andere Drogenprobleme
Hasselberg, Marie
Sweden, Stockholm
Karolinska Institutet
Switzerland, Lausanne
Schweizerische Fachstelle Für Alkohol- Und Andere Drogenprobleme
Laflamme, Lucie
Sweden, Stockholm
Karolinska Institutet
Daeppen, Jean Bernard
Switzerland, Lausanne
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Gmel, Gerhard E.
Switzerland, Lausanne
Schweizerische Fachstelle Für Alkohol- Und Andere Drogenprobleme
Switzerland, Lausanne
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Statistics
Citations: 14
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1097/TA.0b013e318068fc64
ISSN:
15298809
Research Areas
Substance Abuse
Violence And Injury