Very high blood alcohol concentration and fatal hemorrhage in acute subdural hematoma

CC Whaley, MM Young, BG Gaynor - World neurosurgery, 2019 - Elsevier
Introduction Alcohol intoxication is often present concurrently with traumatic brain injury
(TBI). Recent studies have looked at the effect alcohol has on TBI and on coagulopathy …

[HTML][HTML] Emergent neurosurgical management of a rapidly deteriorating patient with acute intracranial hemorrhage and alcohol-related thrombocytopenia

H Deng, JK Yue, B Durcanova… - … of Neurosciences in …, 2018 - thieme-connect.com
Alcohol intoxication is a common risk factor of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and carries a
significant health-care burden on underserved patients. Patients with chronic alcohol use …

Risk factors for recurrent hematoma after surgery for acute traumatic subdural hematoma

I Heino, J Frantzén, J Rinne, R Girard, Y Cao… - World neurosurgery, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective The development of postcraniotomy hematoma (PCH) after surgery for acute
traumatic subdural hematoma (aSDH) has been associated with an increased risk of a poor …

The influence of alcoholism on outcome after evacuation of subdural haematoma

NM Sonne, H Tønnesen - British journal of neurosurgery, 1992 - Taylor & Francis
The postoperative course and final outcome after evacuation of subdural haematoma are
described in 106 male patients in relation to their alcohol consumption. One-third of the …

Ethanol intoxication is associated with a lower incidence of admission coagulopathy in severe traumatic brain injury patients

T Lustenberger, K Inaba, G Barmparas… - Journal of …, 2011 - liebertpub.com
The aim of this study was to determine the impact of ethanol (ETOH) on the incidence of
severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI)-associated coagulopathy and to examine the effect of …

Pre-injury chronic alcohol abuse predicts intracranial hemorrhagic progression, unfavorable clinical outcome, and mortality in severe traumatic brain injury

T Svedung Wettervik, P Enblad, A Lewén - Brain injury, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Objective We aimed to determine the incidence of pre-injury alcohol abuse in TBI at our
neurointensive care unit (NICU), the relation to intracranial hemorrhage evolution, and …

Association of the bleeding time test with aspects of traumatic brain injury in patients with alcohol use disorder

PP Tsitsopoulos, N Marklund, E Rostami, P Enblad… - Acta …, 2020 - Springer
Background—aim Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and alcohol use disorder (AUD) can occur
concomitantly and be associated with coagulopathy that influences TBI outcome. The use of …

Blood ethanol levels are not related to coagulation changes, as measured by thromboelastography, in traumatic brain injury patients

AJ Rao, AL Lin, C Hilliard, R Fu, T Lennox… - World neurosurgery, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Brain injury is a leading cause of death and disability in trauma patients.
Ethanol (EtOH) use near the time of injury may contribute to worse outcomes in these …

[HTML][HTML] Acute-on-chronic subdural hematoma secondary to falls due to alcoholism

A Iyer, M Killian, TS Stead, R Mangal, L Ganti - Cureus, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The authors present a case of a 58-year-old male who is a daily drinker, experiencing
bitemporal headaches starting one week prior to seeking medical attention. The patient's …

Traumatic brain injury in intoxicated patients

JD Golan, J Marcoux, E Golan, R Schapiro… - Journal of Trauma …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Background: We sought to evaluate the effect alcohol intoxication may have had in
nonsurgically treated patients with severe traumatic brain injury. Methods: The Montreal …