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Reply to Letter to the Editor Concerning “HIPTCN: Prospective Observational Stu...
Duarte-Batista, Pedro; Hipólito Reis, José; Silva, João; Sequeira Lemos, Samuel; Cubas Farinha, Nuno; Marques, Renata; Páscoa Pinheiro, João; Tuna, RuiN/a.; N/a.
HIPTCN: Prospective Observational Study of Hypocoagulated Head Trauma Patients ...
Duarte-Batista, Pedro; Farinha, Nuno Cubas; Marques, Renata; Pinheiro, João Páscoa; Silva, João; Tuna, Rui; Reis, José Hipólito; Antunes, CristianoIntroduction: Our national protocol for traumatic brain injury dictates that hypocoagulated patients with mild trauma and initial tomography scan with no intracranial traumatic changes must be hospitalized for 24 hours and do a post-surveillance tomography scan. The main goal of this study was to evaluate the clinical relevance of these measures.Material and Methods: A prospective observational study was undert...
Reappraising the need for a control CT in mild head injury patients on anticoag...
Marques, Renata Sofia Ferreira; Antunes, Cristiano; Machado, Maria João; Ramos, Rui; Duarte, Nubélio; Oliveira, Leandro; Alegria, Carlos; Sousa, NunoBackground Head injury is a frequent reason for admission to the emergency department. In parallel, there is a growing use of anticoagulants in an increasingly aging population, which renders this particular group of trauma patients more frequent. In several countries, including Portugal, a 24-h surveillance period followed by repetition of head computed tomography (CT) is the standard procedure for these patie...
HIPTCN: Prospective Observational Study of Hypocoagulated Head Trauma Patients ...
Duarte-Batista, Pedro; Farinha, Nuno Cubas; Marques, Renata; Pinheiro, João Páscoa; Silva, João; Tuna, Rui; Reis, José Hipólito; Antunes, CristianoIntroduction: Our national protocol for traumatic brain injury dictates that hypocoagulated patients with mild trauma and initial tomography scan with no intracranial traumatic changes must be hospitalized for 24 hours and do a post-surveillance tomography scan. The main goal of this study was to evaluate the clinical relevance of these measures. Material and methods: A prospective observational study was under...