Multicenter evaluation of the course of coagulopathy in patients with isolated traumatic brain injury: Relation to CT characteristics and outcome

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 128-136

  Franschman, Gaby ^a   Boer, Christa ^a   Andriessen, Teuntje M J C ^b   Van Der Naalt, Joukje ^c   Horn, Janneke ^d   Haitsma, Iain ^e   Jacobs, Bram ^c   Vos, Pieter E ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

coagulation disorders; CT characteristics; hemostatic monitoring; neurotrauma; patient outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PUPIL REFLEX; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; BRAIN INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84856414827     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2011.2044     Document Type: Article

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