Safety and efficacy of heparin or enoxaparin prophylaxis in blunt trauma patients with a head abbreviated injury severity score >2

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 396-400

  Minshall, Christian T ^a   Eriksson, Evert A ^b   Leon, Stuart M ^b   Doben, Andrew R ^c   McKinzie, Brian P ^b   Fakhry, Samir M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemoprophylaxis; Intracranial hemorrhage; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN;

ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEAD ABBREVIATED INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ANTICOAGULANTS; BRAIN INJURIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 80051752931     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31822734c9     Document Type: Article

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