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ArticleBrain sciences2020

Is the Regular Intake of Anticoagulative Agents an Independent Risk Factor for the Severity of Traumatic Brain Injuries in Geriatric Patients? A Retrospective Analysis of 10,559 Patients from the TraumaRegister DGU

Nicolas Eibinger, Sascha Halvachizadeh, Barbara Hallmann, Franz Josef Seibert, Paul Puchwein, Till Berk, Rolf Lefering, Kai Sprengel, Hans Christoph Pape, Kai Oliver Jensen and 1 more

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Article in Brain sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Nicolas EibingerDivision of Trauma Surgery, Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Medical University of Graz, 8036 Graz, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-8921-1538
Sascha HalvachizadehDepartment of Trauma, University Hospital Zurich, 8091 Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-1393-3232
Barbara HallmannDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical University of Graz, 8036 Graz, Austria.
Franz Josef SeibertDivision of Trauma Surgery, Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Medical University of Graz, 8036 Graz, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-7115-4515
Paul PuchweinDivision of Trauma Surgery, Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Medical University of Graz, 8036 Graz, Austria.
Till BerkDepartment of Trauma, University Hospital Zurich, 8091 Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-9582-1810
Rolf LeferingInstitute for Research in Operative Medicine (IFOM), University of Witten/Herdecke, 58455 Witten, Germany.
Kai SprengelDepartment of Trauma, University Hospital Zurich, 8091 Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-5921-8272
Hans Christoph PapeDepartment of Trauma, University Hospital Zurich, 8091 Zürich, Switzerland.
Kai Oliver JensenDepartment of Trauma, University Hospital Zurich, 8091 Zürich, Switzerland.
The TraumaRegister DguCommittee on Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care and Trauma Management (Sektion NIS) of the German Trauma Society (DGU), 80639 Munich, Germany.
University Hospital of Zurich · CHMedical University of Graz · ATGerman Knee Society · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to assess anticoagulant medication as an independent factor influencing the occurrence of a severe traumatic brain injury in geriatric patients. Data were collected from the TraumaRegister DGU

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DOACgeriatricmedicationoddstraumatic brain injury

Identifiers

PMID33198115
PMCPMC7698031
OpenAlexW3098359440

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