It is estimated that alcohol is a contributory factor in 50 per cent of murders, 40 per cent of road traffic accidents, 30 per cent of fatal accidents and 65 per cent of all serious traumatic brain injuries in the United Kingdom. 1 Among the 65 per cent of serious head injuries there ...
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Alcohol and Drug use following traumatic brain injury in childhood, adolescence and early adulthoodMcKinlay, AHorwood, JFergusson, D
Adult brain injuryAlcohol and drug abuseCT scanningAlcoholHead traumaBackground Acute alcohol intoxication is universally considered a risk factor for traumatic brain injury (TBI), therefore an indication for head CT scan. There is no evidence in the literature for this attitude. Aim of this study...
The authors examined the synergism between pathologic patterns of alcohol consumption and traumatic brain injury (TBI) and its implications for psychiatric practice. The information that forms the basis of this review was identified by a computer-assisted search of the English-language literature for ap...
The present study aimed to examine the association between frequency and quantity of alcohol consumption and cognitive functioning following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Sixty moderately to severely injured individuals had completed the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) to measure preinjury...
Introduction : We aimed to investigate in-hospital outcomes of traumatic brain injury (TBI) based on blood alcohol concentration (BAC) and mechanism of injury (MOI). Methods : We conducted a retrospective study for patients admitted with TBI between 2010 and 2014. Based on BAC, patients were ...
We investigated the consequences of increased alcohol consumption on the incidence of moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury among a defined population. Material and methodsWe identified all residents of Northern Ostrobothia with acute moderate-to-severe TBI admitted to Oulu University Hospital in ...
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