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01-02-2011 | Poster presentation
Failure to correct the international normalized ratio in patients with anticoagulant-related major bleeding is associated with increased 90-day mortality
Authors:
J Menzin, L White, M Friedman, C Nichols, JA Menzin, C Jones, J Hoesche
Published in:
Critical Care
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Special Issue 1/2011
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Excerpt
Supratherapeutic international normalized ratio (INR) levels have been shown to be a significant predictor of death among patients with anticoagulant-related (ACR) intracranial hemorrhage (ICH). We assessed factors associated with 90-day mortality and time to death in patients receiving fresh frozen plasma (FFP) for ACR major bleeding in clinical practice. …