ArticleAcute medicine & surgery
Alcohol does not increase in-hospital mortality due to severe blunt trauma: an analysis of propensity score matching using the Japan Trauma Data Bank.
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- Influence of alcohol on in-hospital survival rate among patients with traumatic brain injury: a nationwide cohort study.Critical care (London, England) · 2025Article
- Alcohol is a risk factor for helmet non-use and fatalities in off-road vehicle and motorcycle crashes.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2024Article
- Effect of acute alcohol consumption on blunt bowel mesenteric injury: a retrospective analysis.BMC emergency medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
aimAlcohol-related problems, including trauma, are a great burden on global health. Alcohol metabolism in the Japanese population is genetically inferior to other races. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of alcohol use among a Japanese severe blunt trauma cohort.
methodsThis retrospective observational study analyzed the data of trauma patients registered in the Japan Trauma Data Bank between 2004 and 2019. The primary outcome of this study was in-hospital mortality. The lengths of hospital and intensive care unit stay were the secondary outcomes. Propensity score matching was used to adjust the anatomical severity and patient background to reduce the potential alcohol use bias.
resultsWe analyzed 46,361 patients categorized into nondrinking (
conclusionDespite increasing physiological severity on admission, after adjusting for anatomical severity, alcohol consumption could be beneficial in severe blunt trauma patients as regards in-hospital mortality.
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