Elevated admission international normalized ratio strongly predicts mortality in victims of abusive head trauma

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 711-716

  Leeper, Christine M ^a,b   Nasr, Isam ^c   McKenna, Christine ^a   Berger, Rachel P ^a   Gaines, Barbara A ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abusive head trauma; Acute traumatic coagulopathy; International normalized ratio; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ABUSIVE HEAD TRAUMA; ACIDOSIS; ANEMIA; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY RATE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RACISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FORECASTING; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84989803764     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000954     Document Type: Conference Paper

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