Comments on the Outcomes of Prothrombin Complex Concentrates in Warfarin-Associated Intracranial Hemorrhage

[...]there is no explanation of when PCC would not be given because it was “not available in a timely fashion.” Frontera and colleagues have done an excellent job in their methodology and rigor of data collection, which will assist in the performance of an RCT. [...]the difference between “associate...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inNeurocritical care Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 369 - 370
Main Authors Peled, Harry, Nguyen, Lee H.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston Springer US 01.10.2014
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Anticoagulants - adverse effects
Blood Coagulation Disorders - therapy
Blood Coagulation Factors - therapeutic use
Blood Component Transfusion - methods
Contraindications
Critical Care Medicine
Female
Hemorrhage
Humans
Intensive
Internal Medicine
Intracranial Hemorrhages - chemically induced
Letter to the Editor
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Neurology
Plasma
Statistical analysis
Warfarin - adverse effects
Neurocritical Care
Prothrombin Complex Concentrate
Fresh Freeze Plasma
Barthel Index
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:[...]there is no explanation of when PCC would not be given because it was “not available in a timely fashion.” Frontera and colleagues have done an excellent job in their methodology and rigor of data collection, which will assist in the performance of an RCT. [...]the difference between “associated” and “resulted” in the conclusion and the statistical details may easily confuse a reader about the probative value of an observational prospective study compared to the rigors of a randomized control trial.
ISSN:1541-6933
1556-0961
DOI:10.1007/s12028-014-0005-9