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Alcohol and radiographs in the accident and emergency department.

Content Provider	World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus
Author	Rust, P. A. Hunt, I. J. Wallis, D. N. Jowett, A. Rottenberg, G.
Spatial Coverage	London
Description	Country affiliation: United kingdom Author Affiliation: Rust PA ( Accident and Emergency Department, Guy's and St Thomas's NHS Trust, London, UK. p.rust@ucl.ac.uk)
Abstract	OBJECTIVE: To investigate the contribution of alcohol ingestion to the radiological workload of an inner city accident and emergency (A&E) department. METHODS: A prospective survey of patients presenting to A&E who required radiographs was performed over a seven day period. The A&E clinician questioned patients about alcohol intake during the six hours before the onset of the presenting complaint or injury, and made an objective assessment of signs of alcohol ingestion or intoxication. An assessment was made also of the relative contribution of alcohol as a cause of patients' injuries. RESULTS: A total of 419 patients who had radiography fulfilled the inclusion criteria, and a questionnaire was completed for 351 (84%). Forty (11%) of 351 were found to have ingested alcohol. Thirty five (87%) of 40 patients who had ingested alcohol were radiographed for trauma, as compared with 171 (55%) of the 311 who had not (p<0.001). Alcohol was considered to have been causative of injury in 30% and a contributory factor in an additional 58%. Radiographs of the skull, face and jaw accounted for 18 (33%) of 55 radiographs from trauma patients who had ingested alcohol compared with 20 (9%) of 212 radiographs from those who had not (p<0.001). There was no significant difference in the proportion of abnormal radiographs between these two groups (27% of radiographs from trauma patients who had ingested alcohol compared with 23% of radiographs from those who had not, p>0.2). CONCLUSION: Patients with alcohol related injuries requiring radiography have a significant impact on the radiological workload of an A&E department, although the prevalence of alcohol ingestion detected in this study was less than expected from previous studies.
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	14720205
e-ISSN	14720213
Journal	Emergency Medicine Journal
Issue Number	6
Volume Number	18
Language	English
Publisher	BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
Publisher Date	2001-11-01
Publisher Place	Great Britain (UK)
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Discipline Emergency Discipline Medicine Alcohol Drinking Alcoholic Intoxication Complications Radiology Department, Hospital Utilization Statistics & Numerical Data Wounds And Injuries Epidemiology Emergency Service, Hospital Poverty Areas Prospective Studies Radiography Questionnaires Etiology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Emergency Medicine Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine

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