Validating the incidence of coagulopathy and disseminated intravascular coagulation in patients with traumatic brain injury - Analysis of 242 cases

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 363-368

  Sun, Yirui ^a,b   Wang, Jianqing ^c   Wu, Xing ^a   Xi, Caihua ^b   Gai, Yanting ^c   Liu, Hua ^b   Yuan, Qiang ^b   Wang, Ersong ^b   Gao, Liang ^a   Hu, Jin ^a   Zhou, Liangfu ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c The Central Hospital of Minhang District   (China)

Author keywords

coagulopathy; disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC); head injury; neurological outcome; Traumatic brain injury (TBI)

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; FIBRINOGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BRAIN CONTUSION; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SKULL FRACTURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD COAGULATION; BRAIN INJURIES; CHINA; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79957594664     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2011.552650     Document Type: Article

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