Is the Regular Intake of Anticoagulative Agents an Independent Risk Factor for the Severity of Traumatic Brain Injuries in Geriatric Patients? A Retrospective Analysis of 10,559 Patients from the TraumaRegister DGU<sup>®</sup>

Is the Regular Intake of Anticoagulative Agents an Independent Risk Factor for the Severity of Traumatic Brain Injuries in Geriatric Patients? A Retrospective Analysis of 10,559 Patients from the TraumaRegister DGU<sup>®</sup>

The purpose of this study was to assess anticoagulant medication as an independent factor influencing the occurrence of a severe traumatic brain injury in geriatric patients. Data were collected from the TraumaRegister DGU<sup>®</sup> between January 2015 and December 2018. We included p...

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Main Authors: Nicolas Eibinger, Sascha Halvachizadeh, Barbara Hallmann, Franz Josef Seibert, Paul Puchwein, Till Berk, Rolf Lefering, Kai Sprengel, Hans Christoph Pape, Kai Oliver Jensen, The TraumaRegister DGU
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-11-01
Series:Brain Sciences
Subjects:
traumatic brain injury
medication
geriatric
odds
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/10/11/842

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