Early venous thromboembolic event prophylaxis in traumatic brain injury with low-molecular-weight heparin: Risks and benefits

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2165-2172

  Dudley, Roy R ^d   Aziz, Ishtiaque ^b,d   Bonnici, André ^c   Saluja, Rajeet S ^d   Lamoureux, Julie ^c   Kalmovitch, Boaz ^e   Gursahaney, Ash ^f   Razek, Tarek ^f   Maleki, Mohammad ^a,f   Marcoux, Judith ^a,f  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

dalteparin; enoxaparin; low molecular weight heparin; traumatic brain injury; venous thromboembolic event

Indexed keywords

DALTEPARIN; ENOXAPARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INJURY SEVERITY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; BRAIN INJURIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DALTEPARIN; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENOXAPARIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 78650084663     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2010.1366     Document Type: Article

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