The risks of minor head injury in the warfarinised patient

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 159-161

  Volans, A P ^a  

^a SCARBOROUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Head injury; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WARFARIN;

EID: 0031831911     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.15.3.159     Document Type: Article

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