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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 |
