Open AccessVenous thromboembolic events in isolated severe traumatic brain injury
Author(s) -
Shahin Mohseni,
Peep Talving,
Lydia Lam,
Linda S. Chan,
Crystal Ives,
Δημήτριος Δημητριάδης
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of emergencies, trauma and shock
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 0974-519X
pISSN - 0974-2700
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2700.93102
Subject(s) - medicine , glasgow coma scale , traumatic brain injury , incidence (geometry) , propensity score matching , abbreviated injury scale , injury severity score , intensive care unit , stroke (engine) , adverse effect , retrospective cohort study , head injury , demographics , anesthesia , surgery , emergency medicine , poison control , injury prevention , mechanical engineering , physics , demography , psychiatry , sociology , optics , engineering
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of prophylactic anticoagulation on the incidence of venous thromboembolic events (VTE) in patients suffering from isolated severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).