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Assessment of platelet transfusion for reversal of aspirin after traumatic brain injury.

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The Aspirin Response Test should be used to better target and guide platelet transfusions in TBI patients with known or suspected ASA use history and the adequate volume of platelets administered to correct drug-induced dysfunction.
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This article is published in Surgery.The article was published on 2011-10-01. It has received 71 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Platelet transfusion.

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Coagulopathy and haemorrhagic progression in traumatic brain injury: advances in mechanisms, diagnosis, and management

TL;DR: The main challenge for management is to address therisk of hypocoagulopathy with prolonged bleeding and progression of haemorrhagic lesions, and the risk of hypercoagulopathic with an increased prothrombotic tendency also warrants consideration.
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Coagulopathy after traumatic brain injury: incidence, pathogenesis, and treatment options

Marc Maegele
- 01 Jan 2013 - 
TL;DR: Hemocoagulative disorders after TBI may be amenable to treatment, and adequate and timely management may protect from secondary injury and poor outcomes.
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Incidence of traumatic brain injury in the United States, 2003.

TL;DR: Findings were similar to those from previous years in which rates of TBI were highest for young children (aged 0–4) and men, and the leading causes were falls and motor vehicle traffic.
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The incidence of fall injury events among the elderly in a defined population

TL;DR: The rate of fall injury events coming to acute medical attention increased exponentially with age for both elderly men and women (predominantly white), reaching a high for those aged 85 years or more of 138.5 per 1,000 for males and 158.8 for females.
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An aging world : 2001

Kevin Kinsella, +1 more
- 01 Nov 2002 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the 7th major cross-national report in a US Census Bureau series on the worlds elderly/older populations focuses primarily on people aged 65 years old and over.
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The Role of Aspirin in Cardiovascular Prevention: Implications of Aspirin Resistance

TL;DR: The clinical implications of aspirin resistance are explored in various cardiovascular disease states, including diabetes mellitus, hypertension, heart failure, and other similar disorders where platelet reactivity is enhanced.
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Intracranial Complications of Preinjury Anticoagulation in Trauma Patients with Head Injury

TL;DR: These data indicate that the trauma patient with preinjury anticoagulation such as warfarin or even aspirin who has an intracranial injury has a four- to fivefold higher risk of death than the nonanticoagulated patient.
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