Early initiation of prophylactic heparin in severe traumatic brain injury is associated with accelerated improvement on brain imaging

Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 141-148

  Kim, Luke ^a   Schuster, James ^b   Holena, Daniel ^a   Sims, Carrie ^a   Levine, Joshua ^b   Pascual, Jose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heparin; intracranial hemorrhage; traumatic brain injury; VTE prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905862905     PISSN: 09742700     EISSN: 0974519X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-2700.136846     Document Type: Article

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