Postoperative intracranial haemorrhage: A review

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 393-407

  Seifman, Marc A ^a   Lewis, Phillip M ^a   Rosenfeld, Jeffrey V ^a,b   Hwang, Peter Y K ^a,b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Craniotomy; Haematoma; Haemorrhage; Postoperative; Reoperation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMINOCAPROIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; APROTININ; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PROTAMINE SULFATE; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; TICLOPIDINE; TRANEXAMIC ACID; VITAMIN K GROUP; WARFARIN;

ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 13 DEFICIENCY; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CRANIOTOMY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LOW DRUG DOSE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGICAL RISK; THROMBOCYTOPOIESIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PLATELET COUNT; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 83155189000     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: 14372320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-010-0304-3     Document Type: Review

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