Ukrainian Neurosurgical Journal (Dec 2006)
Epidemiology of cranial cerebral trauma with alcoholic intoxication, in Lvov
Abstract
In the course of conducted research, the sufficient percentage of brain injuries (BI), arising from the strong alcohol intoxication (12,1% of the total brain injuries amount), sufficient preponderance of men and increasing of the brain injuries severity have been revealed. The irregularity of “drynk BI” distribution among different age groups and dependence on traumatic factors were determined. The season and daily epidemiological brain injuries against the alcoholic intoxication peculiarities have been determined. As a result of integral analysis in social temporal coordinate system, an averaged statistic portrait of patients against the alcoholic intoxication, peculiar to Lviv, has been created, that has a prognostic value.