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  • Inventi:htr/18304/15
    The Blood Alcohol Concentration Testing Emergency Room Investigation Analysis Study: A 1-year\nReview of Blood Alcohol Concentration Testing in an Emergency Department
    01-Jan-1970 Research 2016 : January - March
    Ayman Elgammal, Doireann Eves, Abbas Albaghli, Daniel Kane, Robert Durcan, David Storey, Peadar Gilligan

    Aim. To describe the actual use of blood alcohol concentration (BAC) testing in an emergency department. Method. This study\nwas performed to examine in what circumstances emergency medicine doctors and nurses request blood alcohol concentrations\nand the outcome of patients so tested. A retrospective study was performed. A database of all the patients who presented to the\nemergency department and who were tested for BAC in 2012 was created. Descriptive statistics are used to present the findings.\nResults.During 2012, there were 1191 patients on whom BAC testing was performed. 37 patients had a BAC greater than the allegedly\nlethal concentration of 400 mg/100 mL. Using a multifactorial analysis model, a higher blood alcohol concentration was associated\nwith a lower Glasgow Coma Score. Conclusion. BAC testing is most often performed in the context of alleged overdose. BAC was\nperformed in other clinical scenarios albeit in less than 2% of all ED attendances.

    How to Cite this Article
    CC Compliant Citation: Ayman Elgammal, Doireann Eves, Abbas Albaghli, et al., â??The Blood Alcohol Concentration Testing Emergency Room\nInvestigation Analysis Study: A 1-Year Review of Blood Alcohol Concentration Testing in an Emergency Department,â? Advances in\nEmergency Medicine, vol. 2015, Article ID 410827, 5 pages, 2015. doi:10.1155/2015/410827, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/\nby/3.0/.
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