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SUBMITTER: Nishijima DK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5831747 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nishijima Daniel K DK Gaona Samuel D SD Waechter Trent T Maloney Ric R Blitz Adam A Elms Andrew R AR Farrales Roel D RD Montoya James J Bair Troy T Howard Calvin C Gilbert Megan M Trajano Renee P RP Hatchel Kaela M KM Faul Mark M Bell Jeneita M JM Coronado Victor C VC Vinson David R DR Ballard Dustin W DW Tancredi Daniel J DJ Garzon Hernando H Mackey Kevin E KE Shahlaie Kiarash K Holmes James F JF
Journal of neurotrauma 20180209 5
Field triage guidelines recommend transport of head-injured patients on anticoagulants or antiplatelets to a higher-level trauma center based on studies suggesting a high incidence of traumatic intracranial hemorrhage (tICH). We compared the incidence of tICH in older adults transported by emergency medical services (EMS) with and without anticoagulation or antiplatelet use and evaluated the accuracies of different sets of field triage criteria to identify tICH. This was a prospective, observati ...[more]