Anticoagulation and the elderly head trauma patient

American Surgeon

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 802-805

  Grandhi, Ramesh ^a   Duane, Therèse M ^a,b   Dechert, Tracey ^a   Malhotra, Ajai K ^a   Aboutanos, Michel B ^a   Wolfe, Luke G ^a   Ivatury, Rao R ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

AGE; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WARFARIN;

EID: 66449112464     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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