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] Circulating extracellular vesicles and their miR “Barcode” differentiate alcohol drinkers with liver injury and those without liver injury in severe trauma patients

A Eguchi, N Franz, Y Kobayashi, M Iwasa… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Short Summary: Extracellular vesicles (EVs), released during tissue/cell injury, contain a
“barcode” indicating specific microRNAs (miRs) that can uncover their origin. We examined …

Alcohol in traumatic brain injury: toxic or therapeutic?

W Brigode, C Cohan, G Beattie, G Victorino - Journal of surgical research, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Alcohol (EtOH) poses a challenge in traumatic brain injuries (TBIs)
given its metabolic and neurologic impact. Studies have had opposing results regarding …

Fatal traumatic brain injuries during 13 years of successive alcohol tax increases in Finland–a nationwide population-based registry study

JP Posti, M Sankinen, JOT Sipilä, JO Ruuskanen… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
We sought to investigate how increases in alcohol taxation and changes in alcohol
consumption were associated with the incidence rate of fatal traumatic brain injuries (TBI) in …

Alcohol is a predictor of mortality in motor vehicle collisions

J Culhane, B Silverglate, C Freeman - Journal of safety research, 2019 - Elsevier
Introduction It is well recognized that driving while intoxicated increases the probability of a
motor-vehicle collision (MVC). The effect of alcohol on the chance of surviving the MVC is …

Characterizing an in vitro model of severe focal traumatic brain injury in hippocampal slice cultures: The effects of ethanol and calpain inhibition by MDL-28170

JE Jagielo-Miller - 2019 - uknowledge.uky.edu
Abstract In the United States, 2.8 million people suffer a traumatic brain injury (TBI) annually.
Between 25%-50% of TBI injuries happen under alcohol intoxication. It is not understood …

[PDF][PDF] Fatal traumatic brain injuries during 13 years of successive alcohol tax increases in Finland–a nationwide population-based registry study

P Rautava, V Kytö - utupub.fi
Materials and Methods Study population and alcohol taxation. In Finland, all death
certificates must state the cause of death with the ICD-10 code. The death certificates are …