Alcohol and acute traumatic brain injury in the emergency department.
alcohol-related harm
computed tomography head scan
emergency department
traumatic brain injury
Journal
Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
ISSN: 1742-6723
Titre abrégé: Emerg Med Australas
Pays: Australia
ID NLM: 101199824
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 2021
08 2021
Historique:
revised:
19
11
2020
received:
07
07
2020
accepted:
22
12
2020
pubmed:
27
1
2021
medline:
28
10
2021
entrez:
26
1
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
There is limited research from Australasian EDs describing the demographic make-up, injury severity and impact of alcohol in patients requiring computed tomography (CT) for suspected traumatic brain injury (TBI). The present study aims to review the frequency and presenting patterns of patients who consume alcohol prior to presenting with suspected TBI. Retrospective observational study of patients referred for head CT to exclude TBI from a major referral centre and regional ED in New Zealand, between 1 September 2018 and 31 August 2019. Comparison groups were defined as 'alcohol involved' or 'no alcohol involved'. 97/425 (22.8% [95% CI 18.3-27.4]) of included TBI presentations involved alcohol. 73/97 (75.3% [95% CI 58.6-93.5]) were male and 41/97 (42.3% [95% CI 29.3-55.2]) were aged 18-30 years. The alcohol group were more likely to report assault as the injury mechanism (19.6% [95% CI 10.8-28.4] vs 5.2% [95% CI 2.7-7.7], P < 0.05) and have Glasgow Coma Scale scores reflecting more moderate (13.5% [95% CI 5.9-21.1] vs 3.5% [95% CI 1.5-5.6]) and severe (5.6% [95% CI 0.7-10.5] vs 3.2% [95% CI 1.2-5.2] TBI. Presentation times post-injury were delayed compared to the no alcohol group (3.4 h [interquartile range 1.9-14.8] vs 2.8 h [interquartile range 1.8-6.6], P < 0.05). One quarter of patients with suspected TBI had consumed alcohol prior to their injury. Predominantly, those affected were young males who reported higher rates of assault; however, alcohol use was recorded in all age groups and sex. Alcohol-affected patients presented later, potentially delaying time to diagnosis. The present study supports the call for public health interventions that aim to reduce alcohol misuse.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33496079
doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.13726
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Observational Study
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
718-727Informations de copyright
© 2021 Australasian College for Emergency Medicine.
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