Traumatic brain injury in anticoagulated patients

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 553-557

  Cohen, David B ^a   Rinker, Charles ^b   Wilberger, Jack E ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Surgical Associates of Bozeman   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Outcomes; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DETERIORATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BLOOD; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; BRAIN INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WARFARIN;

EID: 33645543321     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000196542.54344.05     Document Type: Article

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