Evaluating the influence of alcohol intoxication on the pre-hospital identification of severe head injury: a multi-center, cohort study.

Robin D LokermanMax GulickxJob F WaalwijkMichael A van EsRinske M TuinemaLuke P H LeenenMark van Heijlnull Triage Research Collaborative Pttrc

Published in: Brain injury (2022)

Severe head injuries are difficult to recognize in the field, especially in patients without a decreased GCS. Suspicion of alcohol intoxication did not seem to influence pre-hospital injury recognition, as it possibly makes a severe head injury harder to recognize and simultaneously raises caution for a severe injury.

Keyphrases

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