Impact of preinjury anticoagulation in patients with traumatic brain injury

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 476-480

  Ahmed, Nasim ^a   Bialowas, Christie ^b   Kuo, Yen Hong ^b   Zawodniak, Leonard ^b  

^a JERSEY SHORE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aspirin; Clopidogrel bisulfate; Head injury; Heparin; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPARIN; WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN INJURY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 65649119961     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e31819f97a3     Document Type: Article

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