Motor vehicle crashes and positive toxicology screens in adolescents and young adults.

The purpose of this study was to identify and describe the outcome of motor vehicle crashes for adolescents and young adults with positive toxicology screens. A retrospective design was used to collect data for 134 subjects ranging in age from 15 to 25 at an urban Level II trauma center. Outcomes related to sex, age, injury-severity score, length of stay, and hospital cost were analyzed using multiple regression, and the relationship was significant (p < .0001). Spearman's correlation analysis resulted in a significant relationship between survival outcome, injury severity, discharge, and hospital cost (p < .05).