Association of alcohol consumption with the risk of ocular trauma.
This study was conducted to evaluate the influence of alcohol consumption on the risk of ocular trauma. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 1,024 patients who visited emergency department and received ophthalmologic examination from January 1 to December 31, 2009. The patients were divided into 2 groups: those with ocular trauma (n = 494) and those without (n = 530); the influence of alcohol consumption was compared between these 2 groups. In the ocular trauma group, the association of the causes and types of ocular trauma with alcohol consumption was evaluated. One of 530 patients of no trauma group and 117 (23.7%) of 494 patients of trauma group were related with alcohol intake, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.001). Concerning the causes, physical assault was significantly more common in alcohol-associated injury (P < 0.001). Regarding the types of injury, orbital wall fracture and hyphema showed a significant association with alcohol consumption (P < 0.001). Older age and nighttime injury were significantly related to the increased risk of alcohol-associated ocular trauma (P = 0.018 and < 0.001, respectively). In conclusion, alcohol consumption significantly increases the risk of ocular trauma.
['Han|Sang Beom|SB|', 'Yang|Hee Kyung|HK|', 'Woo|Se Joon|SJ|', 'Hyon|Joon Young|JY|', 'Hwang|Jeong-Min|JM|']
D000293:Adolescent D000328:Adult D000368:Aged D000369:Aged, 80 and over D000428:Alcohol Drinking D002648:Child D002675:Child, Preschool D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital D005131:Eye Injuries D005260:Female D006801:Humans D006988:Hyphema D007223:Infant D007231:Infant, Newborn D008297:Male D008875:Middle Aged D009917:Orbital Fractures D056910:Republic of Korea D012306:Risk D014785:Vision, Ocular
Alcohols Ocular Trauma Assault Alcohol-associated Ocular Trauma Eye Injuries