Acute Coagulopathy in Isolated Blunt Traumatic Brain Injury
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Acute Coagulopathy in Isolated Blunt Traumatic Brain Injury Arasch Wafaisade • Rolf Lefering • Thorsten Tjardes • Sebastian Wutzler • Christian Simanski • Thomas Paffrath • Philipp Fischer • Bertil Bouillon • Marc Maegele • Trauma Registry of DGU
Published online: 6 October 2009 Ó Humana Press Inc. 2009
Abstract Background The role of acute coagulopathy after traumatic brain injury (TBI) on outcome has gained increasing appreciation over the recent years. This study was conducted to assess the frequency, outcome, and risk factors associated with this complication. Patients and Methods Using the large, multi-center population-based Trauma Registry of the German Society for Trauma Surgery (TR-DGU), we retrospectively analyzed adult patients with isolated blunt TBI (intracranial AISHEAD C 3 and extracranial AIS scores
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