BET 3: Observation is unnecessary following a normal CT brain in warfarinised head injuries: An update

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 339-342

  Rendell, Simon ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REASSURANCE; RISK FACTOR; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EVIDENCE BASED EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EVIDENCE-BASED EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; WARFARIN;

EID: 84896084647     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2014-203646.3     Document Type: Note

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