Emergency management of minor head injury in anticoagulated patients

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 115-118

  Leiblich, Aaron ^a   Mason, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTICOAGULATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANTICOAGULANTS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; WARFARIN;

EID: 78751585173     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2009.079442     Document Type: Review

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