Cocaine Use in Trauma: Effect on Injuries and Outcomes

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作者
Hadjizacharia, Pantelis [1 ]
Green, Donald J. [1 ]
Plurad, David [1 ]
Chan, Linda S. [1 ]
Law, Jennifer [1 ]
Inaba, Kenji [1 ]
Demetriades, Demetrios [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ So Calif, Dept Surg, Div Truma & Surg Intens Care, Los Angeles, CA USA
关键词
Cocaine; Trauma; Type of injuries; Outcomes; ABUSE; INFARCTION; PREVALENCE; ALCOHOL; DRUGS; CARE;
D O I
10.1097/TA.0b013e3181622b9b
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R4 [临床医学];
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1002 ; 100602 ;
摘要
Background: It has been reported that cocaine is associated with trauma patients at epidemic proportions. However, the injury patterns, complications, and mortality in cocaine test-positive trauma patients are not well known. Methods: Retrospective review of all trauma patients with toxicology screen at a Level I trauma center between January 2002 and December 2005. A total of 1,096 patients were positive for cocaine but no other substances of abuse or alcohol. Nine hundred eighty-five patients of these cocaine test-positive patients were matched to a pool of 4,846 toxicology test-negative patients admitted during the same period with respect to age (<= 18, 19-55, >55 years), gender, mechanism (blunt, penetrating), Injury Severity Score (ISS < 16, 16-25, >25), head Abbreviated Injury Score (AIS <3, >= 3), chest AIS (<3, >= 3), abdominal AIS (<3, >= 3), and extremity AIS (<3, >= 3). Matched pairs of binary outcomes were analyzed using McNemars, and continuous data were tested using the Wilcoxon signed-ranks test. Results: The two groups had similar injury patterns and there was no difference in surgical procedures between cocaine test-positive and toxicology test-negative patients. Overall, there was no difference in mortality between the cocaine and test-negative patients (6.5% vs. 6.2%; p = 0.81), or between cocaine and test-negative patients with an ISS <16 (1.4% vs. 1.5%; p = 1.00), ISS 16 to 25 (13% vs. 12%; p = 1.00), and ISS >25 (59% vs. 54%; p = 0.70). The overall incidence of complications was 4% in cocaine patients and 3.6% in test-negative patients (p = 0.72), although the incidence of pneumonia was significantly higher in the cocaine test-positive patients (p = 0.04). Conclusion: Cocaine abuse in trauma patients is concerning. This study did not show a difference in mortality or length of intensive care unit stay between cocaine positive and negative patients. However, there was a significantly higher incidence of pneumonia in cocaine positive patients. Implementation of effective prevention strategies may help reduce cocaine related victims of trauma.
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