Yield of head CT in the alcohol-intoxicated patient in the emergency department

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 381-384

  Godbout, Brandon J ^a   Lee, Jarone ^a   Newman, David H ^c   Bodle, Ethan E ^b   Shah, Kaushal ^c  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Bleed; Brain; Computed tomography; CT; ED; Emergency; Emergency department; ER; Head; Intox; Intoxication; Intracranial hemorrhage; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 83155180607     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: 14381435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-011-0966-3     Document Type: Article

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