Model System:

TBI

Reference Type:

JA

Accession No.:

J45036.

Journal:


Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Year, Volume, Issue, Page(s):

, 84, 2, 285-290

Publication Website:

Abstract:

Study conducted to assess whether 2 types of D-dime fibrin degradation assays, a second-generation latex immunosorbent agglutination and an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, can predict the development of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) during the first 2 weeks after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Results indicate that the currently recommended levels of D-dimer to predict DVT are not useful in the acute TBI population.

Author(s):


Meythaler, Jay M., Fisher, Winfield S., Rue, Loring W., Johnson, Alice, Davis, Linda, Brunner, Robert C.

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