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dc.contributor.authorEfskind, Marianne
dc.contributor.authorHeskestad, Ben Ottar
dc.contributor.authorIngebrigtsen, Tor
dc.contributor.authorRomner, Bertil
dc.contributor.authorRØNNING, PÅL ANDRE
dc.contributor.authorHelseth, Eirik
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-14T07:45:40Z
dc.date.available2012-03-14T07:45:40Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractIn 2000 the Scandinavian Neurotrauma Committee published guidelines for safe and cost-effective management of minimal, mild and moderate head injured patients. The aims of this study were to investigate to what extent the head injury population is under the influence of alcohol, and to evaluate whether the physicians’ compliance to the guidelines is affected when patients are influenced by alcohol. This study included adult patients (≥15 years) referred to a Norwegian University Hospital with minimal, mild and moderate head injuries classified according to the Head Injury Severity Scale (HISS). Information on alcohol consumption was recorded, and in most of these patients blood alcohol concentration (BAC) was measured. Compliance with the abovementioned guidelines was registered. The study includes 860 patients. 35.8% of the patients had consumed alcohol, and 92.1% of these patients had a BAC ≥ 1.00‰. Young age, male gender, trauma occurring during the weekends, mild and moderate head injuries were independent factors significantly associated with being under the influence of alcohol. Guideline compliance was 60.5%, and over-triage was the main violation. The guideline compliance showed no significant correlation to alcohol consumption or to BAC-level. This study confirms that alcohol consumption is common among patients with head injuries. The physicians’ guideline compliance was not affected by the patients’ alcohol consumption, and alcohol influence could therefore not explain the low guideline compliance.en
dc.identifier.citationScandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine (2011), 19:25en
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 834447
dc.identifier.doidoi: 10.1186/1757-7241-19-25
dc.identifier.issn1757-7241
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/3947
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_3669
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Clinical medical disciplines: 750::Traumatology: 783en
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk medisinske fag: 750::Traumatologi: 783en
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Samfunnsmedisin, sosialmedisin: 801en
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Samfunnsmedisin, sosialmedisin: 801en
dc.titleAlcohol consumption, blood alcohol concentration level and guideline compliance in hospital referred patients with minimal, mild and moderate head injuriesen
dc.typeJournal articleen
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dc.typePeer revieweden


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