Urine toxicology screening in Austrian trauma patients: a prospective study |
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| Authors: | Markus Figl Linda E. Pelinka Patrick Weninger Christoph Walchetseder Walter Mauritz Harald Hertz Albert Kroepfl Robert Schmidhammer Walter Buchinger Heinz Redl |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Experimental and Clinical Traumatology, Trauma Research Center of the Austrian Workers′ Compensation Board, Vienna, Austria;(2) Department of Trauma Surgery, Trauma Hospital Lorenz Boehler, Donaueschingenstrasse 13, 1200 Vienna, Austria;(3) Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Trauma Hospital Lorenz Boehler, Vienna, Austria;(4) Department of Trauma Surgery, Trauma Hospital Linz, Linz, Austria;(5) Department of Trauma Surgery, General Hospital Horn, Horn, Austria |
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| Abstract: | Introduction The question as to whether the patient consumed drugs prior to the trauma and which drugs were consumed, is of prime importance for the anesthesia required during surgery. However, many patients are unwilling or unable (including those with multiple trauma or impaired consciousness, or unconscious patients) to answer this question. The purpose of our prospective multicenter study was to collect data about drug consumption in Austria to determine whether drugs are identifiable in the urine of recently injured individuals and to establish the types of drugs consumed. |
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