%0 Journal Article
%T Evaluation of the effect of methamphetamine on traumatic injury complications and outcomes
%A Arnold Sin
%A Braeden Carrico
%A Fanglong Dong
%A Farabi Hussain
%A Jake Toy
%A Keyvan Safdari
%A Lidia Liang
%A Michael M. Neeki
%A Nina Jabourian
%A Rodney Borger
%A Sharon Brown
%J Archive of "Addiction Science & Clinical Practice".
%D 2018
%R 10.1186/s13722-018-0112-6
%X Patient selection flow chart. *MA(£¿)£¿=£¿a triple negative drug screen for methamphetamine, cocaine, and cannabis, and serum ethanol level£¿<£¿0 mg/dL matched to the MA(+) group via propensity score matching. MA(£¿) was selected to match with MA(+) based on age, gender, ISS, and mechanism of injury. **MA(+)£¿=£¿a positive drug screen for methamphetamine, and negative for cocaine or cannabis, and serum ethanol level£¿<£¿0 mg/d. ***ISS£¿=£¿injury severity scor
%K Methamphetamine
%K Trauma
%K Length of stay
%K Hospital mortality
%K Traumatic outcome
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5874991/