What are predisposing and precipitating factors?

Is INTOXICATION a predisposing factor or a precipitating factor?

  • a drunk man had hemothorax caused by a motor vehicular accident. is being drunk a predisposing or precipitating factor? thanks.

  • Answer:

    It is a precipitating factor - the alcohol caused him to be impaired in his driving which caused the motor vehicle accident and then the hemothorax. Precipitating means "contributing cause".

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