Citation

Vaca FE, Romano EO, Fell JC. Acad. Emerg. Med. 2014; 21(12): 1485-1492.

Vernacular Title

Mujeres Conductoras Involucradas Cada vez más en Accidentes a Causa del Consumo de Sustancias Indebidas: Acciones Para Aminorar el Riesgo.

Affiliation

Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/acem.12542

PMID

25491711

Abstract

Emergency physicians are confronted daily with the care of traumatically injured patients. A considerable proportion of blunt trauma cases are due to motor vehicle crashes. While men have historically been overrepresented in crash-related injuries and deaths, unfavorable trends for women in alcohol-impaired driving crashes have emerged. This extended commentary with in-depth review presents an examination of the evolving role of sex and gender in alcohol-impaired driving and its outcomes.

Language: en