Subsequent development of thrombocytopenia and coagulopathy in moderate and severe head injury: Support for serial laboratory examination

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 725-730

  Carrick, Matthew M ^a,c   Tyroch, Alan H ^b   Youens, Cortney A ^b   Handley, Taylor ^b   Wiles III, Charles E ^d   Davis, Kimberly A ^d   Tarui, Takehiko ^d  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c Micheal E DeBakey Department of Surgery   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Coagulopathy; Secondary brain insult; Thrombocytopenia; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLUNT TRAUMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 17844388618     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000159249.68363.78     Document Type: Review

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