Death Due to Concussion and Alcohol
作者:
Aleksandar Milovanovic,
Vincent DiMaio,
期刊:
The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
(OVID Available online 1999)
卷期:
Volume 20,
issue 1
页码: 6-9
ISSN:0195-7910
年代: 1999
出版商: OVID
关键词: Concussion;Brain injuries;Alcohol;Blunt trauma;Apnea;Death
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
We encountered 5 deaths following blunt trauma to the face and head in which the injuries were predominantly soft tissue in nature with absence of skull fractures, intracranial bleeding, or detectible injury to the brain. All individuals were intoxicated, with blood ethanol levels ranging from 0.22 to 0.33 g/dl. We feel that in these deaths, ethanol augmentation of the effects of concussive brain injury, with resultant posttraumatic apnea, was the mechanism of death.
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