Review Article

Pharmacologic Agents Used to Reverse the Anticoagulant Effect of Common Anticoagulants

Numerous oral and parenteral anticoagulant drugs are now available for clinical use. Understanding the precise pharmacologic properties of each anticoagulant is imperative for those practitioners who prescribe these drugs, including knowing the current recommendations for reversing the anticoagulant effect of each anticoagulant. This review provides a brief description of the…

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Original Article

Impact of Preinjury Anticoagulation in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury

Introduction:This study was undertaken to examine the impact of various anticoagulation agents in head injury patients.Methods:The medical records and trauma registry were used to analyze the data. All adult trauma patients using aspirin, clopidogrel bisulfate (Plavix®), warfarin (Coumadin®), or heparin and admitted to the hospital with computed tomography (CT) scan…

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