Influence of age and anti-platelet/anti-coagulant use on the outcome of elderly patients with fall-related traumatic intracranial hemorrhage

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1051-1055

  Inamasu, Joji ^a   Nakatsukasa, Masashi ^a   Kuramae, Takumi ^a   Nakagawa, Yuh ^a   Miyatake, Satoru ^a   Tomiyasu, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a Imperial Foundation Saiseikai Utsunomiya Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age; Anti coagulant; Anti platelet; Elderly; Traumatic intracranial hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; WARFARIN;

AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANTICOAGULANTS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 78651370429     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.50.1051     Document Type: Article

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