Antiplatelet and anticoagulation therapies do not increase mortality in the absence of traumatic brain injury

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 560-563

  Ott, Mickey Meilinger ^a   Eriksson, Evert ^a   Vanderkolk, Wayne ^a   Christianson, David ^a   Davis, Alan ^a   Scholten, Donald ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Antiplatelet; Blunt trauma; Clopidogrel; Outcomes; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; BRAIN INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 77949472261     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181ad6600     Document Type: Article

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