Acute traumatic coagulopathy in the setting of isolated traumatic brain injury: Definition, incidence and outcomes

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 118-122

  Epstein, Daniel S ^a,b   Mitra, Biswadev ^a,b   Cameron, Peter A ^a,b,c   Fitzgerald, Mark ^a,b   Rosenfeld, Jeffrey V ^a,b,d  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^d Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood coagulation; Brain injuries; Coagulopathy; Craniocerebral trauma; Isolated head trauma; Traumatic brain injury; Wound and injuries

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTIC ACID;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCORE; ACUTE TRAUMATIC COAGULOPATHY; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BODY REGIONS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN STEM INJURY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; PUPIL DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOCK; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 84930178995     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2014.950632     Document Type: Article

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