Study Shows Bias in Use of Alcohol Screening after Traumatic Brain Injury

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Standardized approaches are needed to ensure that every patient with TBI undergoes alcohol screening in the emergency department (ED), according to the new research by Chong (Sherry) Cheever, MSN, ANP-BC, PhD candidate, of Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, and Celestina Barbosa-Leiker, PhD, of Washington State University, Spokane.

Evidence of ‘Systemic Bias’ in Alcohol Screening after TBI

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Alcohol consumption is very common among patients with head trauma—previous studies have suggested that one-half to two-thirds of patients with TBI were consuming alcohol before their injury. The effects of alcohol can have a major impact on assessment of the patient’s condition.

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