Epistaxis: When are coagulation studies justified?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 156-157

  Awan, M Sohail ^a   Iqbal, M ^a   Imam, S Z ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CHRONIC ACTIVE HEPATITIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HEMOPHILIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PAKISTAN; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 40449124370     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2006.038828     Document Type: Article

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