Ethanol intoxication is associated with a lower incidence of admission coagulopathy in severe traumatic brain injury patients

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1699-1706

  Lustenberger, Thomas ^a   Inaba, Kenji ^a   Barmparas, Galinos ^a   Talving, Peep ^a   Plurad, David ^a   Lam, Lydia ^a   Konstantinidis, Agathoklis ^a   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adrenergic response; alcohol; coagulopathy; morbidity; mortality; severe traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; BRAIN INJURIES; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80054817819     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2011.1866     Document Type: Article

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