2001
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200109000-00024
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Epidemic Increases in Cocaine and Opiate Use by Trauma Center Patients: Documentation with a Large Clinical Toxicology Database

Abstract: Epidemic increases in cocaine and opiate use were documented in all groups of trauma patients, with the greatest increases being in violence victims. Alcohol use decreased for all groups.

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“…Other illegal drugs had lower prevalence. These include cocaine, opiates and amphetamines (Soderstrom et al, 2001).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Other illegal drugs had lower prevalence. These include cocaine, opiates and amphetamines (Soderstrom et al, 2001).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, although not statistically significant, for those classified as lowerlevel drinkers (<1 drink per day), there was a consistent pattern of maintaining reductions for the PMI group at 12 months compared with the BIA group. N umerous reports document that preinjury alcohol use is associated with all modes of injury requiring treatment in a trauma center, with 25% to 50% or more of patients [1][2][3][4][5] testing positive for alcohol at the time of admission. Further, depending on whether screening test results or diagnostic criteria were used, 25% to 50% of trauma center patients have been identified to have an alcohol use problem.…”
Section: Methods: a Randomized Clinical Trialmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…and injury severity score (ISS) were obtained from the trauma registry. Admission BACs were obtained from the Shock Trauma Center's toxicology database, which is housed and maintained at the National Study Center for Trauma and Emergency Medical Systems at the University of Maryland at Baltimore (Soderstrom et al, 1997a(Soderstrom et al, , 2001b. According to clinical protocol, BAC is routinely determined upon admission to the trauma center; hence, BAC results are available for over 95% of admitted patients (Dischinger et al, 2001).…”
Section: Admission Datamentioning
confidence: 99%