Research Article
The Effect of Alcohol Intoxication on Mortality of Blunt Head Injury
Table 1
Comparison of demographics and mortality of patients according to BAC availability.
| | | All patients () | Tested for BAC () | Not tested for BAC () | |
| | Age (yr), mean ± SD | 48.68 ± 22.62 | 41.09 ± 15.97 | 50.05 ± 23.36 | <0.001 | | Gender (Male%) | 2025 (55.8%) | 420 (75.5%) | 1603 (52.2%) | <0.001 | | GCS | 13.8 ± 2.9 | 11.5 ± 4.3 | 14.2 ± 2.3 | <0.001 | | SBP | 144.0 ± 28.6 | 137.8 ± 28.4 | 145.0 ± 28.5 | <0.001 | | ISS, mean ± SD | 9.1 ± 7.9 | 13.6 ± 9.4 | 8.3 ± 7.3 | <0.001 | | Mortality | 3.9% (141/3628) | 6.8% (38/556) | 3.4% (103/3072) | <0.001 |
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ISS: Injury Severity Score; GCS: Glasgow coma scale; SBP: systolic blood pressure. value resulted from comparing tested and not tested for BAC.
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