Effect of blood alcohol level on glasgow coma scale scores following traumatic brain injury

Brain Injury

Volumn 24, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 919-927

  Lange, Rael T ^a,b   Iverson, Grant L ^a,b   Brubacher, Jeffrey R ^a,c   Franzen, Michael D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BC Mental Health & Addiction Services   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Glasgow Coma Scale score; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 77953648370     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2010.489794     Document Type: Article

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