Acquired coagulopathy of traumatic brain injury defined by routine laboratory tests: Which laboratory values matter?

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 121-125

  Joseph, Bellal ^a   Aziz, Hassan ^a   Zangbar, Bardiya ^a   Kulvatunyou, Narong ^a   Pandit, Viraj ^a   O'Keeffe, Terence ^a   Tang, Andrew ^a   Wynne, Julie ^a   Friese, Randall S ^a   Rhee, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coagulopathy and platelet count; Mortality; Neurosurgical intervention; Progression of intracranial hemorrhage; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 84892152811     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182a9cc95     Document Type: Article

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