Reversal of anticoagulation in trauma- a north american survey on clinical practices among trauma surgeons

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 374-381

  Coimbra, Raul ^a   Hoyt, David B ^a   Anjaria, Devashish J ^a   Potenza, Bruce M ^a   Fortlage, Dale ^a   Hollingsworth Fridlund, Peggy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

abdominal trauma; anticoagulation; chest trauma; complications; fresh frozen plasma; mortality; outcomes; reversal of anticoagulation; severe head injury; survey; Trauma; warfarin

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; VITAMIN K GROUP; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLEEDING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; FACE FRACTURE; FRACTURE; HEAD; HEAD INJURY; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LONG BONE; LUNG CONTUSION; MORTALITY; ORGAN INJURY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETREATMENT; REVIEW; RIB FRACTURE; SURGEON; THORAX SURGERY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VARIANCE;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ANTICOAGULANTS; CANADA; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EXTREMITIES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PLASMA; THORACIC INJURIES; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 27844470574     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000174728.46883.a4     Document Type: Article

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