Publications by authors named "Luca Omizzolo"
Article Synopsis
- - The paper explores the link between the internet and teenage behavior, particularly focusing on the rise of new drinking games that can lead to acute alcohol intoxication among adolescents.
- - It presents data from hospital admissions related to excessive alcohol consumption from 2013 to 2015, revealing that a significant number of young patients (830) have been treated for acute intoxication, with a subset admitting involvement in alcoholic games.
- - The research aims to enhance understanding of these risky drinking behaviors and their public health implications by analyzing hospital admission data and conducting interviews, ultimately seeking to promote healthier drinking habits among adolescents.
Background: The monitoring and management of risks regarding children and young people admitted to the emergency department as a result of dangerous behaviors distributed via the Internet should be based on clinical reasoning and knowledge about these social media-related phenomena. Here we examine 2 cases of teenagers who reported severe injuries while performing the "planking" craze, a challenge that consists in lying face-down stiffly like a board on any kind of surface.
Objective: Our objective is to examine and describe the Internet craze called planking, also known as the "lying-down game," through 2 case reports from our experience, enriching this study with information gained through discussions with secondary school teenagers.