02950nas a2200421   4500000000100000008004100001653001000042653001100052653001100063653000900074653000900083653001600092653001500108653001400123653001400137653001600151653005200167653002500219653002100244653002600265653001900291653005100310653001500361653001900376653004200395653003800437100001400475700001700489700001200506700001500518700001200533245015500545250001500700300001000715490000700725520174500732020005102477       2014                            d10aAdult10aFemale10aHumans10aAged10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aAdolescent10aIncidence10aAustralia10aYoung Adult10aAlcoholic Intoxication/epidemiology/ psychology10aCase-Control Studies10aHospitals, Urban10aInjury Severity Score10aIntensive Care10aPatient Admission/ statistics & numerical data10aRegistries10aTrauma Centers10aViolence/ statistics & numerical data10aWounds and Injuries/ epidemiology1 aRoncal S.1 aMartiniuk A.1 aBein K.1 aBoufous S.1 aDinh M.00aThe impact of alcohol intoxication in patients admitted due to assault at an Australian major trauma centre: a trauma registry study from 1999 to 2009  a2013/02/19  a390-30 v313 a<p>
OBJECTIVE: To examine the long term trend in assault admissions at an inner city major trauma centre and determine the association between clinical evidence of alcohol intoxication and major trauma due to assault. METHODS: Adult trauma patients admitted due to assault between 1999 and 2009 were identified through the hospital based trauma registry at an inner city major trauma centre in Sydney. Demographic data, incident details, clinical evidence of alcohol intoxication, injury severity scores and injury related outcomes were collected. Population based incidences were calculated and outcomes compared between intoxicated and non-intoxicated patients. Major trauma was defined as a composite outcome of severe injury (injury severity score&gt;15), intensive care admission or in-hospital mortality. RESULTS: There were 2380 patients analysed. Clinical evidence of alcohol intoxication was documented in 12% (287/2380) of cases. There was a marked peak in incidence of hospital admissions due to assault which occurred between 2000 and 2002. Overall, the rate of hospital admissions due to assault decreased during the study period (incident rate ratios 0.94, 95% CI 0.90 to 0.99, p&lt;0.001). The odds of major trauma were three times higher in patients with clinical evidence of intoxication compared to those that did not (adjusted OR 2.9, 95% CI 2.1 to 4.0, p&lt;0.001). CONCLUSIONS: There was a peak in hospital admissions due to inner city assault around 2000-2002 associated with an overall decline in hospital admissions at this trauma centre over 10 years. Clinical evidence of alcohol intoxication in patients admitted for assault appears to be associated with more severe injury, including severe head injury.
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