Alcohol and nonlethal injuries: a Swiss emergency department study on the risk relationship between acute alcohol consumption and type of injury.

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ID Serval
serval:BIB_314827F07CD5
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Alcohol and nonlethal injuries: a Swiss emergency department study on the risk relationship between acute alcohol consumption and type of injury.
Périodique
Journal of Trauma
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Kuendig H., Hasselberg M., Laflamme L., Daeppen J.B., Gmel G.
ISSN
0022-5282
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2008
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
65
Numéro
1
Pages
203-211
Langue
anglais
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Résumé
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.
Mots-clé
Adolescent, Adult, Alcohol Drinking/adverse effects, Cohort Studies, Emergency Service, Hospital, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Regression Analysis, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, Switzerland, Wounds and Injuries/etiology
Pubmed
Web of science
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25/03/2009 14:53
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20/08/2019 13:16
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