Citation

Mauersberger W. Neurochirurgia (Stuttg) 1979; 22(2): 68-72.

Vernacular Title

Sekundäre Störungen der Blutgerinnung bei schweren Schädelhirntraumen.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1979, Georg Thieme Verlag)

DOI

10.1055/s-0028-1090290

PMID

440517

Abstract

The release of tissue thromboplastin after a severe brain injury can lead to a consumption coagulopathy. In a group of 83 patients with severe brain injury, platelet count, fibrinogen, prothrombin, partial thromboplastin time and thrombin time were investigated. The pathological laboratory findings in 14 were compatible with a consumption coagulopathy. These alterations were demonstrated during the first hours following trauma and represented an extra handicap for the patients who had to be treated surgically.

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