Discovering alcoholism

Discovering alcoholism

Abstracts Discovering 517 alcoholism The breath of 702 persons coming to the accident and emergency department of a large teaching hospital in the e...

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Abstracts Discovering

517 alcoholism

The breath of 702 persons coming to the accident and emergency department of a large teaching hospital in the evening was tested for alcohol. Forty per cent had consumed alcohol and 32 per cent had more than 80 mg in 100 ml of blood. The absence of the conventional signs of intoxication did not mean that the blood

alcohol was below 80 mg per cent. The authors suggest that casualty departments should taken an active interest in trying to deal with the alcoholism discovered in this way. Holt S., Stewart 1. C., Dixon J. M. J. et al. (1980) Alcohol and the emergency service patient. Br. Med. J. 281.638.

Conference Diary 1981

June

Sth International Congress of Emergency Surgery

Brighton, England

Millstream Conferences Ltd. 2 13 Piccadily, London WI V 9LD

7-9

Medical Application of Textiles Conference

Leeds, England

Mr J. T. Cleave, Special Courses Division, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, England

September* 2-4

4th International Symposium on Wound Ballistics

Gothenburg. Sweden

Secretary General, Dr Rune Berlin Sjrs, Karolinen, S-65 180 Karlstad, Sweden

September* 4-l I

3rd World Congress on Pain

Edinburgh, Scotland

3rd World Congress on Pain,

September 20-23

4th East Grinstead Study Course in Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery: Plastic and Maxillofacial aspects oftrauma excluding thermal injury

East Grinstead, England

Mr J. P. Bennett Study Course Organiser. Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, West Sussex RH19 3DZ, England

October l-3

17th Annual Meeting of the Austrian Society for Trauma Surgery: The Ligamentous Lesions of the Knee Joint

Salzburg, Austria

Society’s Secretariat, A- 1200 Vienna, Donaueschingenstrasse 13, (c/o Accident Hospital of the General Accident insurance Co, Vienna), Austria

October* 21-24

National Aids for the Disabled Exhibition and Conference

Stoneleigh. England

The Conference Officer. RADAR, 25 Mortimer Street. London WIN 8AB

7-10

July’?

*First entry tFurther details in text

University of Edinburgh Centre for Industrial Consultancy and Liason, I6 George Street, Edinburgh EH8 9LD, Scotland