Emergency medicine journal : EMJ
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Multicenter Study
The effect of preinjury warfarin use on mortality rates in trauma patients: a European multicentre study.
To define the relationship between preinjury warfarin use and mortality in a large European sample of trauma patients. ⋯ Preinjury warfarin use has been demonstrated to be an independent predictor of mortality in trauma patients. Clinicians managing major trauma patients on warfarin need to be aware of the vulnerability of this group.