Traumatic brain injury in intoxicated patients

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 365-369

  Golan, Jeff Dror ^a   Marcoux, Judith ^a   Golan, Eyal ^b   Schapiro, Robert ^a   Johnston, Karen M ^b   Maleki, Mahammed ^a   Khetarpal, Suneel ^c   Jacques, Line ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol intoxication; Intracranial pressure; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; DEVICE; DISEASE REGISTRY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; BRAIN INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547898861     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31811ec178     Document Type: Article

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