Does clopidogrel increase morbidity and mortality after minor head injury

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 435-436

  Parris, Richard ^a   Hassan, Zia ^a  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; WARFARIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; TICLOPIDINE;

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AGED; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEMATOMA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

AGED; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; TICLOPIDINE;

EID: 34249853845     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2007.049528     Document Type: Short Survey

References (4)

1. Rozzelle CJ. Wofford JL. Branch CL. Predictors of hospital mortality in older patients with subdural hematoma. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1995;43(3):240-4.
2. Mina AA. Knipfer JF. Pork DY. et al. Intracranial complications of preinjury anticoagulation in trauma patients with head injury. J Trauma 2002;53(4): 668-72.
3. Ohm C, Mina A, Howells G, et al. Effects of Antiplatelet Agents On Outcomes for Elderly Patients With Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage. J Trauma 2005;58:518-22
4. Jones K, Sharp C, Mangram A, et al. The Effects of Preinjury Clopidogrel Use On Older Trauma Patients with Head Injuries. Am J Surg 2006;192:743-5.