The Anticoagulated trauma patient in the age of the direct oral anticoagulants: a Canadian perspective

The Anticoagulated trauma patient in the age of the direct oral anticoagulants: a Canadian perspective

Abstract Background The anticoagulated trauma patient presents a particular challenge to the critical care physician. Our understanding of these patients is defined and extrapolated by experience with patients on warfarin pre-injury. Today, many patients who would have been on warfarin are now presc...

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Main Authors: Brendan Wood, Barto Nascimento, Sandro Rizoli, Michelle Sholzberg, Amanda McFarlan, Andrea Phillips, Alun D. Ackery
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
Trauma
Direct oral anticoagulants
Warfarin
Dabigatran
Rivaroxaban
Apixaban
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13049-017-0420-y

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