Provenance: externally peer-reviewed. Introduction: In April 2011 the NI public health agency estimated that alcohol misuse generates overall annual healthcare costs of £122.2m. There is currently a paucity of data regarding the burden of alcohol-related fractures on the provinces Trauma and Orthopaedic service. Patients and Methods: A retrospective review of 104 patients over a 12 month period was performed. Data collected using the Fractures Outcomes and Research Database included: age, gender, smoking status, weekly alcohol intake, mechanism o
High intakes of alcohol have adverse effects on skeletal health, but evidence for the effects of mod...
Background Rib fractures and substance use are both common in trauma patients, but there is little d...
Summary: The association between alcohol consumption and hip fracture differed by gender: Men aged 3...
Abstract—Aim: To assess the very recent use of alcohol among patients admitted to two Finnish hospit...
Background Excessive consumption of alcohol results in impaired judgement and inappropriate behaviou...
Objectives: Algorithm of maxillofacial trauma management is well defined, however provision of alcoh...
Excess alcohol use is a risk factor for hip fractures. The objectives of this study were to analyse ...
Aims: The aim of this study was to quantify the relationship between acute alcohol consumption and i...
Purpose One-third of hip fractures occur in men. The causes underlying hip fractures in men differ f...
Background: Alcohol-attributable fractions (AAFs) are routinely used to estimate the burden of injur...
We aimed to determine the contribution of high alcohol intake to fracture probability, calculated us...
Objective: The objective of the present study was to quantify the relationship between acute alcohol...
High intakes of alcohol have adverse effects on skeletal health, but evidence for the effects of mod...
Background/objective. A retrospective study was performed on two-month data (18.07.2005 to 15.09.200...
During two consecutive years 607 individuals with lower limb fractures were diagnosed. Half of the i...
High intakes of alcohol have adverse effects on skeletal health, but evidence for the effects of mod...
Background Rib fractures and substance use are both common in trauma patients, but there is little d...
Summary: The association between alcohol consumption and hip fracture differed by gender: Men aged 3...
Abstract—Aim: To assess the very recent use of alcohol among patients admitted to two Finnish hospit...
Background Excessive consumption of alcohol results in impaired judgement and inappropriate behaviou...
Objectives: Algorithm of maxillofacial trauma management is well defined, however provision of alcoh...
Excess alcohol use is a risk factor for hip fractures. The objectives of this study were to analyse ...
Aims: The aim of this study was to quantify the relationship between acute alcohol consumption and i...
Purpose One-third of hip fractures occur in men. The causes underlying hip fractures in men differ f...
Background: Alcohol-attributable fractions (AAFs) are routinely used to estimate the burden of injur...
We aimed to determine the contribution of high alcohol intake to fracture probability, calculated us...
Objective: The objective of the present study was to quantify the relationship between acute alcohol...
High intakes of alcohol have adverse effects on skeletal health, but evidence for the effects of mod...
Background/objective. A retrospective study was performed on two-month data (18.07.2005 to 15.09.200...
During two consecutive years 607 individuals with lower limb fractures were diagnosed. Half of the i...
High intakes of alcohol have adverse effects on skeletal health, but evidence for the effects of mod...
Background Rib fractures and substance use are both common in trauma patients, but there is little d...
Summary: The association between alcohol consumption and hip fracture differed by gender: Men aged 3...