The Necessity to Assess Anticoagulation Status in Elderly Injured Patients

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 772-776

  Williams, Trevor M ^a   Sadjadi, Javid ^a   Harken, Alden H ^a   Victorino, Gregory P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Elderly; Mortality or outcome; Trauma; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG FATAITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROBABILITY; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMA CENTERS; WARFARIN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 67650607453     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181877ff7     Document Type: Article

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