Head injuries in warfarinised patients

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 676-678

  Parmar, K A ^a   Rao, S ^b   Abu Zidan, Fikri M ^b  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Head trauma; Intracerebral haemorrhage; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CONFUSION; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WARFARIN;

EID: 33746873306     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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