Influence of warfarin and low-dose aspirin on the outcomes of geriatric patients with traumatic intracranial hemorrhage resulting from ground-level fall

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 667-672

  Inamasu, Joji ^a,b   Nakatsukasa, Masashi ^b   Miyatake, Satoru ^b   Hirose, Yuichi ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Imperial Foundation Saiseikai Utsunomiya Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Low dose aspirin; Outcome; Traumatic intracranial hemorrhage; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; WARFARIN;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDLINE SHIFT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAUMATIC INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; ASPIRIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARFARIN;

EID: 84866747450     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2012.00838.x     Document Type: Article

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