Triage of mild head-injured intoxicated patients could be aided by use of an electroencephalogram-based biomarker - Michelson E, Huff JS, Garrett J, Naunheim R.

OBJECTIVE: Drug and alcohol (DA)-related emergency department (ED) visits represent an increasing fraction the head-injured population seen in the ED. Such patients present a challenge to the evaluation of head injury and determination of need for computed...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news