Platelet dysfunction and coagulation assessment in patients of tuberculous meningitis.

Rajesh VermaSagarika MahapatroAsutosh KumarImran RizviRavindra Kumar GargHardeep Singh MalhotraPraveen Kumar SharmaRavi Uniyal

Published in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2020)

The present study concluded that platelet abnormalities in patients with TBM contribute to infarct and are associated with poor clinical outcomes. This study suggested the role of antiplatelet agents in preventing stroke in patients with TBM.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
atrial fibrillation
acute myocardial infarction
peritoneal dialysis
blood brain barrier