Blunt vascular injuries of the head and neck: Is heparinization necessary?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 997-1004

  Eachempati, Soumitra R ^b,d   Vaslef, Steven N ^a   Sebastian, Mark W ^a   Reed II, R Lawrence ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032411733     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199812000-00004     Document Type: Article

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