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Improving Mortality and Decreasing VTE after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury:Low Molecular Weight Heparin is Superior to Unfractionated Heparin Elizabeth Benjamin, Gustavo Recinos, Alberto Aiolfi, Kenji Inaba, Demetrios Demetriades USC Los Angeles County Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
OBJECTIVE(S): Pharmacological venous thromboembolic (VTE) prophylaxis with Low Molecular Weight Heparin (LMWH) or Unfractionated Heparin (UH) is current standard of care in traumatic brain injuries (TBI). Experimental work shows heparinoids may have neuroprotective properties. Clinical work suggests LMWH may be more effective than UH for VTE prophylaxis in trauma patients. We hypothesized that LMWH is superior to UH in patients with severe isolated TBI. Back to 2017 Program |
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