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Author (up) Kuendig, Hervé; Hasselberg, Marie; Gmel, Gerhard; Daeppen, Jean-Bernard; Laflamme, Lucie   
  Title Acute and usual drinking among emergency trauma patients: a study on alcohol consumption and injury patterns Type Journal Article
  Year 2009 Publication Injury prevention Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 15 Issue 4 Pages 270-274  
  Keywords addiction; AOD use, abuse, and dependence; chemical addiction; alcohol; AOD consumption; AOD effects and consequences; injury; risk factors; study; Switzerland; Lausanne  
  Abstract Objective: To investigate the relationship between usual and acute alcohol consumption among injured patients and, when combined, how they covary with other injury attributes. Methods: Data from a randomised sample of 486 injured patients interviewed in an emergency department (Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland) were analysed using the χ2 test for independence and cluster analysis. Results: Acute alcohol consumption (24.7%) was associated with usual drinking and particularly with high volumes of consumption. Six injury clusters were identified. Over-representations of acute consumption were found in a cluster typical of injuries sustained through interpersonal violence and in another formed by miscellaneous circumstances. A third cluster, typical of sports injuries, was linked to a group of frequent heavy episodic drinkers (without acute consumption). Conclusions: Among injured patients, acute alcohol consumption is common and associated with usual drinking. Acute and/or usual consumption form part of some, but not all, injury clusters.  
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  ISSN 1475-5785 ISBN Medium  
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  Call Number 50-11638 Serial 59918  
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