Air bag and oral anticoagulation: a deadly combination in a low-velocity car accident?

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 111.e3-111.e5

  Pichler, Wolfgang ^a   Seibert, Franz Josef ^a   Kopeinigg, Gerhard ^a   Hartwagner, Wilfried ^a   Grechenig, Wolfgang ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; OCTAPLEX; PHYTOMENADIONE; PROTHROMBIN COMPLEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 36849047300     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.06.025     Document Type: Article

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