The effect of platelet transfusion in patients with traumatic brain injury and concomitant antiplatelet use: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Transfusion. 2019 Nov;59(11):3536-3544. doi: 10.1111/trf.15526. Epub 2019 Sep 18.

Authors

Sophie Thorn¹, Helge Güting², Tim Mathes², Nadine Schäfer², Marc Maegele^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
² Institute for Research in Operative Medicine, University Witten/Herdecke, Cologne, Germany.
³ Department of Traumatology, Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Traumatology, Cologne-Merheim Medical Centre, Cologne, Germany.

PMID: 31532000
DOI: 10.1111/trf.15526

No abstract available

Publication types

Meta-Analysis
Systematic Review

MeSH terms

Brain Injuries, Traumatic / complications
Brain Injuries, Traumatic / mortality
Brain Injuries, Traumatic / therapy*
Cerebral Hemorrhage / etiology
Cerebral Hemorrhage / mortality
Cerebral Hemorrhage / therapy*
Humans
Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / adverse effects*
Platelet Transfusion*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors