Crash characteristics and injuries of victims impaired by alcohol versus illicit drugs
Crash characteristics and injuries of victims impaired by alcohol versus illicit drugs
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DOI：
10.1016/s0001-4575(97)00051-1
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发表时间：
1997-11-01
影响因子：
5.9
通讯作者：
Schaeffer, N
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作者：
Waller, PF;Blow, FC;Schaeffer, N
长期以来，酒精一直与损伤有关，但其他药物与损伤之间的关系尚不清楚。对894例因乘汽车、旅行车、面包车和皮卡车上的机动车损伤而到两个急诊科接受治疗的患者的血样进行了酒精和其他药物检测。结果与人口统计学特征有关，包括既往酒精和药物使用史;碰撞特征;和损伤特征。酒精与更严重的撞车事故有关，但在没有酒精的情况下，其他药物与此无关。涉及药物但不含酒精的撞车事故与既不含酒精也不含药物的撞车事故非常相似。(C)1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.
Alcohol has long been associated with injury, but the relationship between other drugs and injury is less clear. Blood samples from 894 patients presenting to two Emergency Departments for treatment of motor vehicle injury sustained in passenger cars, station wagons, vans and pickup trucks, were tested for alcohol and other drugs. Results were related to demographic characteristics, including prior history of alcohol and drug use; crash characteristics; and injury characteristics. Alcohol was associated with more severe crashes, but other drugs, in the absence of alcohol, were not. The crashes involving drugs but no alcohol were very similar to those involving neither alcohol nor drugs. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.