Study finds higher survival rate among intoxicated trauma patients

Thursday, October 1, 2009 - 06:14 in Health & Medicine

Trauma patients who were intoxicated before their injuries were more likely to survive than trauma patients who suffered similar injuries but were sober at the time, according to a study published in the October edition of the American Surgeon that was conducted by researchers at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed).

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