Head injury on Warfarin: likelihood of delayed intracranial bleeding in patients with negative initial head CT

Head injury on Warfarin: likelihood of delayed intracranial bleeding in patients with negative initial head CT

Abstract Objective To determine the likelihood that head injured patients on Warfarin with a negative initial head CT will have a positive repeat head CT. A retrospective chart review of our institution’s trauma registry was performed for all patients admitted for blunt head trauma and on Warfarin a...

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Main Authors: Amer Afaneh, Jennifer Ford, Jenna Gharzeddine, Alexandre Mazar, R. David Hayward, Joseph Buck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-03-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Subjects:
Traumatic injury
Warfarin
Intracranial bleeding
Head CT
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-018-3291-z

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