Rivaroxaban and intracranial haemorrhage after mild traumatic brain injury: A dangerous combination?
Highlights • Novel anticoagulants such as rivaroxaban are increasingly prescribed. • We retrospectively analyze patients with mild TBI and intracranial haemorrhage. • Rivaroxaban treatment increased mortality and rate of re-haemorrhage. • Lack of specific antidotes may contribute to unfavourable out...
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Published in | Clinical neurology and neurosurgery Vol. 136; pp. 73 - 78 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Netherlands
Elsevier B.V
01.09.2015
Elsevier Limited |
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Summary: | Highlights • Novel anticoagulants such as rivaroxaban are increasingly prescribed. • We retrospectively analyze patients with mild TBI and intracranial haemorrhage. • Rivaroxaban treatment increased mortality and rate of re-haemorrhage. • Lack of specific antidotes may contribute to unfavourable outcome. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 0303-8467 1872-6968 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.clineuro.2015.05.035 |