Abnormal coagulation tests are associated with progression of traumatic intracranial hemorrhage

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 959-965

  Allard, Christopher B ^a   Scarpelini, Sandro ^a   Rhind, Shawn G ^b   Baker, Andrew J ^c   Shek, Pang N ^b   Tien, Homer ^a   Fernando, Michael ^a   Tremblay, Lorraine ^a   Morrison, Laurie J ^d   Pinto, Ruxandra ^a   Rizoli, Sandro B ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

INR; Intracerebral hemorrhage; Platelet count; PTT; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; THROMBOPLASTIN;

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD LEVEL; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; BLOOD; HEAD INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73649083717     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181ad5d37     Document Type: Article

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