Preinjury warfarin worsens outcome in elderly patients who fall from standing

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1518-1522

  Howard II, Jerry Lee ^a   Cipolle, Mark D ^b   Horvat, Sarah A ^a   Sabella, Victoria M ^a   Reed III, James F ^b   Fulda, Gerard ^b   Tinkoff, Glen ^b   Pasquale, Michael D ^a  

^a LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

CT scan; Elderly; Emergency department triage; Fall from standing; INR correction; Mortality; Outcome; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FALLING; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLEEDING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; INJURY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARFARIN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 67749127443     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181a59728     Document Type: Article

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