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The Effect of Blood Ethanol Level on Mortality in Patients with Trauma

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العنوان: The Effect of Blood Ethanol Level on Mortality in Patients with Trauma
المؤلفون: Burak Altan, Muhammed İkbal Şaşmaz
المصدر: Van Tıp Dergisi, Vol 26, Iss 1, Pp 53-60 (2019)
بيانات النشر: Van Yuzuncu Yil University, School of Medicine, 2019.
سنة النشر: 2019
المجموعة: LCC:Medicine
مصطلحات موضوعية: trauma, ethanol, emergency department, Medicine
الوصف: INTRODUCTION: Traumatic injuries and deaths are considered an important health problem in worldwhile. Criteria to detect the severity of the trauma must be measurable and comparable objective criteria. A significant portion of the traffic accidents in Turkey were found to be associated with ethanol intake. In this study, we tried to find out the relationship between blood alcohol level and trauma mortality and severity of traffic accident patients. METHODS: This study was performed on 720 patients who applied to our Emergency Department from 1 June 2012 to 1 June 2013. We performed the study on 360 intoxicated and alcohol free patients at similar characteristics. Our variables were age, gender, trauma time, trauma mechanism, Glasgow Coma Scale, trauma scales and patient recovery process, and blood alcohol levels. Data was analysed with SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) Windows v.19.0 performing Kolmogorov Smirnov, Chi-square, Mann Whitney U test and Kruskal Wallis test. p0.05). Traumas mostly occur at weekends and at 16: 00 o‘clock. Patients with alcohol intoxication usually met between 00: 00 - 04: 00 (p
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2587-0351
Relation: https://jag.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=vtd&un=VTD-83713; https://doaj.org/toc/2587-0351
DOI: 10.5505/vtd.2019.83713
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/ba2f61f7ffd64d31ad8e931db5a2983b
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.ba2f61f7ffd64d31ad8e931db5a2983b
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تدمد:25870351
DOI:10.5505/vtd.2019.83713