TY  - JOUR
T1  - NO cheers yet for ethanol in traumatic brain injury—reply
AU  - Salim A, Ley E
Y1  - 2010/04/01
N1  - 10.1001/archsurg.2010.26
JO  - Archives of Surgery
SP  - 403
EP  - 403
VL  - 145
IS  - 4
N2  - 
The association between positive ethanol and GCS score is well described. Stuke et al2 studied GCS levels in more than 55 000 patients with positive blood alcohol levels and found that the presence of alcohol did not significantly reduce the GCS score among patients with traumatic brain injury after stratification by head Abbreviated Injury Score compared with those with negative ethanol levels. Other researchers have supported these findings.3- 4 Attributing reduced GCS score to alcohol intoxication in patients with traumatic brain injury may lead to delays in diagnosis and treatment.

SN  - 0004-0010
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.26
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.2010.26
ER  -