Vitamin K, fresh frozen plasma, and platelet transfusion used to arrest progression of intracranial hemorrhage after traumatic brain injury in a patient taking anticoagulant and antiplatelet agents

Vitamin K, fresh frozen plasma, and platelet transfusion used to arrest progression of intracranial hemorrhage after traumatic brain injury in a patient taking anticoagulant and antiplatelet agents

Case An 89‐year‐old man fell from stairs and sustained head trauma. He was taking warfarin and aspirin. Upon arrival at our hospital, his Glasgow Coma Scale score was 14. Initial head computed tomography showed small acute subdural hematoma. We immediately administered vitamin K and ordered fresh‐fr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Joe Yoshizawa, Jun Namiki, Yusho Nishida, Yasushi Kaneko, Shingo Hori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-10-01
Series:Acute Medicine & Surgery
Subjects:
Anticoagulant
fresh frozen plasma transfusion
platelet transfusion
traumatic brain injury
vitamin K
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ams2.200

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