Predictive factors of intracranial bleeding in head trauma patients receiving antiplatelet therapy admitted to an emergency department

Predictive factors of intracranial bleeding in head trauma patients receiving antiplatelet therapy admitted to an emergency department

Abstract Background In head trauma cases involving antiplatelet agent treatment, the French Society of Emergency Medicine recommends performing computed tomography (CT) scans to detect brain lesions, 90% of which are normal. The value of CT is still debatable given the scarce number of studies and c...

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Main Authors: Farès Moustafa, Jean Roubin, Bruno Pereira, Alain Barres, Jennifer Saint-Denis, Christophe Perrier, Marine Mondet, Frederic Dutheil, Jeannot Schmidt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13049-018-0515-0

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