Open AccessImpact of Coagulation Profile on Outcome of Head Injury
Author(s) -
Gaurav Gupta,
Chetan Wadhwa,
Rajveer Garg,
Ranbir S Dhaiya,
Raj Kaushal
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/14638.7029
Subject(s) - coagulopathy , medicine , consumptive coagulopathy , head injury , coagulation , disseminated intravascular coagulation , coagulation testing , anesthesia , traumatic brain injury , surgery , psychiatry
Worldwide, head injury is recognized as a major public health problem. Head injury patients often develop consumptive coagulopathy in the absence of other trauma or haemorrhages. The release of tissue factor from the damaged brain is postulated as the cause of coagulopathy.