J Korean Neurosurg Soc.  1993 Sep;22(9):975-982.

The Clinical Analysis of Alcohol and Creatine Kinase-BB(CK-BB) in Acute Head Injury

• Kim HJ
• Pyen JS
• Huh C
• Hong SK
• Han YP

Abstract

Patients suffering a head-injury were often drinking alcohol shortly before the trauma, and it has been suggested that the degree of brain damage may be exacerbated due to high alcohol serum levels. To evaluate this, we assessed the level of consciousness, alcohol and creatinine kinase-bb(CK-BB) serum levels in 140 consecutive head-injured patients. Level of consciousness(GCS score) was strongly correlated to outcome(p<0.001) and serum CK-BB(P<0.05), but not to alcohol serum levels.

Keyword

Head injury; Blood alcohol; Creatine kinase-BB(CK-BB); Glasgow coma scale(GCS); Glasgow outcome scale(GOS)

MeSH Terms

Brain
Consciousness
Craniocerebral Trauma*
Creatine*
Creatinine
Drinking
Head*
Humans
Creatine
Creatinine