Unintentional Discontinuation of Statins May Increase Mortality After Traumatic Brain Injury in Elderly Patients: A Preliminary Observation

BACKGROUND: The abrupt discontinuation of statin therapy has been suggested as being deleterious to patient outcomes. Although pre-injury statin (PIS) therapy has been shown to have a protective effect in elderly trauma patients, no study has examined how this population is affected by its abrupt di...

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Autores principales: Orlando, Alessandro, Bar-Or, David, Salottolo, Kristin, Levy, Andrew Stewart, Mains, Charles W, Slone, Denetta S, Offner, Patrick J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3651067/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23671542
http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/jocmr1333w

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