title: Motor vehicle crashes and positive toxicology screens in adolescents and young adults.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to identify and describe the outcome of motor vehicle crashes for adolescents and young adults with positive toxicology screens. A retrospective design was used to collect data for 134 subjects ranging in age from 15 to 25 at an urban Level II trauma center. Outcomes related to sex, age, injury-severity score, length of stay, and hospital cost were analyzed using multiple regression, and the relationship was significant (p < .0001). Spearman's correlation analysis resulted in a significant relationship between survival outcome, injury severity, discharge, and hospital cost (p < .05).
authors.affiliation: Florida Medical Center, Ft. Lauderdale, USA.
authors.forename: N B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Hayes
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D005260:Female; D017721:Hospital Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000209:etiology*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015144:Southeastern United States; D015813:Substance Abuse Detection / Q000379:methods*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications*