Screening for venous thromboembolism in traumatic brain injury: Limitations of D-dimer assay

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 285-290

  Meythaler, Jay M ^a,b   Fisher, Winfield S ^a   Rue, Loring W ^a   Johnson, Alice ^a   Davis, Linda ^a   Brunner, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injuries; Fibrin fibrinogen degradation products; Rehabilitation; Thromboembolism; Ultrasonography, Doppler

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0037315278     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2003.50116     Document Type: Article

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