STUDY OBJECTIVE: The identification of risk factors for recurrent motor vehicle crashes is
the basis for prevention, but few studies have been published on predictors of recurrence …

The effect of alcohol ingestion on short-term outcomes for trauma patients is indeterminate.
Experimental and clinical reports often conflict. The objective of this study was to investigate …

Results: The study cohort included 369 RTA patients, with the mean interval before
presentation being 3 h (standard deviation: 2.22). Two-wheeler accidents (77.2%) were the …

A structured in-depth interview employing standardized criteria was used to determine the
prevalence of lifetime and current alcohol dependence (alcoholism) in unselected …

We prospectively examined the correlation of alcohol intoxication with injury severity,
morbidity, and mortality in drivers involved in motor vehicle accidents in a prospective cohort …

Abstract Introduction Each year in India, road traffic crashes lead to more than 200,000
deaths and the country has seen an unprecedented rate of roadway fatalities in recent …

Experimental studies in animals suggest that alcohol may influence pathophysiologic
response to injury mechanisms. However, biological evidence for the alcohol‐injury severity …

Introduction: Alcohol use is associated with many motor-vehicle crashes and may increase
the severity of injury. Because alcohol use also may mask injury, prehospital emergency …

Objective This study aimed to evaluate the effect of alcohol use on emergency department
(ED) length of stay (LOS) among minimally injured patients by mechanism of injury. Methods …

Objective: 1) To determine the prevalence of current alcohol abuse/alcohol dependence
(AA/AD) among the full injury range of ED motor vehicle crash (MVC) patients; and 2) …