Evaluation of the Effects of Concomitant Alcohol Positivity on the Characteristics and Severity of Injury in Geriatric Trauma Patients in the Emergency Department

Autor: Emine Emektar, Handan Özen Olcay, Şeref Kerem Çorbacıoğlu, Yunsur Çevik
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Eurasian Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol 23, Iss 4, Pp 231-237 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2149-5807
2149-6048
DOI: 10.4274/eajem.galenos.2024.77674
Popis: Aim: This study aimed to evaluate whether concomitant alcohol positivity is an effective factor in trauma characteristics and severity in geriatric trauma patients and evaluate the relationship with poor composite outcomes in alcoholic patients. Materials and Methods: Patients aged 60 and over who presented to the emergency department due to trauma and whose blood ethanol level was studied were included in the study. Patients were assigned to the poor composite outcome group according to the intensive care unit stay, need for emergency blood transfusion/operation, or in-hospital mortality, and the groups with and without poor composite outcomes were compared. Results: Three hundred thirty-six patients with complete data were included in the study. There were 101 patients with an ethanol level of >0.5 mg/dL. Ethanol-positive patients had more head trauma, and their Injury Severity Scores and liver function tests were higher (p
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