STUDY OBJECTIVE There are limited data on the clinical presentations and management of dabigatran-associated major bleeding outside the clinical trial setting. The aim of this study is to describe clinical characteristics, interventions, and outcomes in patients with dabigatran-associated major bleeding who present to the emergency department (ED). METHODS We performed a retrospective observa...

OBJECTIVE Determine the prevalence of proximal deep venous thrombosis (DVT) among acquired brain injury patients on admission to rehabilitation and assess cost-effectiveness of routine ultrasound screening for proximal DVT in those patients. DESIGN Prospective study, sequential case series. SETTING University tertiary care rehabilitation center. DATA SET One hundred sixteen traumatic brai...

The incidence of geriatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) is increasing throughout the United States, with many of these patients taking anticoagulation (AC) medication. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effect of time to international normalized ratio (INR) reversal on intracranial hemorrhage evolution in TBI patients taking prehospital AC medication. We hypothesized that ra...

STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study. OBJECTIVE To examine the demographic characteristics, etiology, and the type and degree of disability of both traumatic and nontraumatic spinal cord injuries (SCIs) managed in a tertiary care hospital in Malaysia. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA There is a lack of data on the epidemiology of SCIs in Malaysia. These data are needed to plan for an effective impl...

Background: To evaluate demographic profile of traumatic and non-traumatic spinal cord injured (SCI) patients. Methods: Mobile rehabilitation teams gathered data in 20 out of 30 provinces in Iran. Of 8104 traumatic and nontraumatic SCI patients under coverage of the State Welfare Organization of Iran registered in the database, 7273 were included in the analysis. The aggregate data on SCIs, inc...

EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SPINAL CORD INJURY IN SPAIN The incidence of traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) has increased from 8 cases per million population (1984–1985) to 23.5 cases per million population (2000–2009) in Spain. Currently, it is estimated that 38,000 persons livewith SCI in Spain. According to data from the Spanish Ministry of Health (Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad, 2...

Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis is an uncommon but potentially lethal condition that can present with headache, focal deficits, seizures, altered mental status, and papilledema. Nontraumatic dural sinus thrombosis is associated with medical conditions such as oral contraceptive use, pregnancy, dehydration, coagulopathies, connective tissue disorders, and leukemia. Traumatic dural sinus thrombo...