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Evaluation of the effect of methamphetamine on traumatic injury complications and outcomesDOI: 10.1186/s13722-018-0112-6 Keywords: Methamphetamine, Trauma, Length of stay, Hospital mortality, Traumatic outcome Abstract: 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
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