The impact of direct oral anticoagulants in traumatic brain injury patients greater than 60-years-old.

Oliver PrexlMartin BruckbauerWolfgang VoelckelOliver GrottkeMartin PonschabMarc MaegeleHerbert Schöchl

Published in: Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine (2018)

In patients ≥60 years suffering from TBI, anticoagulation with DOACs appears to be safer than with VKA. Anti-thrombotic therapy with VKA resulted in a worse outcome compared to DOACs and PI. Further studies are warranted to confirm this finding.

Keyphrases

traumatic brain injury
direct oral anticoagulants
end stage renal disease
venous thromboembolism
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
atrial fibrillation
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
stem cells
mesenchymal stem cells
bone marrow
case control