Annals of emergency medicine
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Multicenter Study
Assessing substance abuse treatment need: a statewide hospital emergency department study.
Health care providers in hospital emergency departments rarely take substance abuse histories or assess associated treatment need. This study compares documentation of psychoactive drug-related diagnoses for adult ED patients in medical records with treatment need assessed through self-report, toxicologic screening, and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (DSM-IV), criteria. ⋯ EDs can be important venues for detecting persons in need of substance abuse treatment.
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A cohort of 4,729 junior college students in Taiwan was studied to determine risk factors for increased severity of motorcycle injuries. ⋯ At the time of motorcycle crashes, factors such as being on rural roads, collisions with a heavier object, some motorcycle makes, darkness, and greater speeds increased the severity of motorcycle injuries among these young adult riders.