Background Patients on prehospital anticoagulation with warfarin or direct oral
anticoagulants (DOACs) represent a vulnerable subset of the trauma population. While …

Background The anticoagulated trauma patient presents a particular challenge to the critical
care physician. Our understanding of these patients is defined and extrapolated by …

Abstract Methods We queried our Trauma Quality Improvement Program registry for patients
who presented between 6/1/2011 and 9/1/2015 with severe (injury severity score (ISS)> 15) …

Purpose Pre-injury oral anticoagulants are associated with worse outcomes in geriatric (G-
60) trauma patients, but there are limited data comparing warfarin with direct oral …

Abstract Background Emergency departments (EDs) are faced with a growing number of
patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) using direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs). However …

Background Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) have overtaken warfarin as the preferred
anticoagulants for stroke prevention with atrial fibrillation and for treatment of venous …

BACKGROUND The number of anticoagulated trauma patients is increasing. Trauma
patients on warfarin have been found to have poor outcomes, particularly after intracranial …

Objective The objective of this study was to determine whether the preinjury condition of
anticoagulation had an adverse impact on patients sustaining injury. Methods A …

Background Drug-specific agents for the reversal of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) were
recently approved. We hypothesized that the approval of these reversal agents would lead …

Introduction: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is common, and the frequency of patients taking
oral anticoagulants is increasing. However the optimal initial triage, management, and long …