Correlating the blood alcohol concentration with outcome after traumatic brain injury: Too much is not a bad thing

American Surgeon

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1416-1419

  Berry, Cherisse ^a   Ley, Eric J ^a   Margulies, Daniel R ^a   Mirocha, James ^a   Bukur, Marko ^a   Malinoski, Darren ^a   Salim, Ali ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROPROTECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BRAIN INJURIES; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 80755142715     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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