Blood Ethanol Level Influences Presenting Glasgow Coma Scale Interpretation After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Transforming Research and Clinical Knowledge in Traumatic Brain Injury Study
Patients with elevated BACs scored approximately 1 point lower on the GCS than patients with BACs under 0.08. BAC's effect on the GCS persisted even after controlling for other covariates by multivariable regression analysis. Providers should be aware of this when initially evaluating intoxicated patients with TBI as it can affect their clinical management.
Authors
- Jason Barber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3016-7800)
- Jacob S. Young (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5499-4325)
- Zain Peeran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1959-7321)
- Amy J. Markowitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9314-2814)
- Nancy Temkin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6392-5292)
- Ramesh Grandhi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9000-6083)
- Anthony M. DiGiorgio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-691X)
- Alexander F. Haddad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3653-9791)
- Geoffrey T. Manley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0926-3128)
Institutions
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- University of Utah (US)
- Neurological Surgery (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neurosurgery
- Published
- 2025-10-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1227/neu.0000000000003800
- Primary Topic
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00