A meta-analysis to determine the effect on survival of platelet transfusions in patients with either spontaneous or traumatic antiplatelet medication-associated intracranial haemorrhage

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Batchelor, John S ^a   Grayson, Alan ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPYRIDAMOLE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CINAHL; EMBASE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; RANKIN SCALE; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860174883     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000588     Document Type: Article

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