Citation

Wojcik JB, Benns MV, Franklin GA, Harbrecht BG, Broughton-Miller KD, Frisbie MC, Smith JW, Pentecost KM, Bozeman MC. J. Trauma Nurs. 2013; 20(3): 139-143.

Affiliation

Trauma Institute, University of Louisville Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky (Mss Wojcik, Broughton-Miller, Frisbie, Pentecost) and Department of Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky (Drs Benns, Franklin, Harbrecht, Smith, and Bozeman).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Society of Trauma Nurses)

DOI

10.1097/JTN.0b013e3182a171cf

PMID

24005115

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to assess whether trauma may be an independent risk factor for stroke. Evidence has shown that trauma patients experience a hypercoagulable state postinjury, increasing the risk of thrombotic events. A case-controlled, retrospective analysis was performed on admitted trauma patients over a 2-year period. Results revealed that trauma patients are 1.6 times more likely to have a cerebrovascular accident (CVA) during their hospital admission, when compared with nontrauma patients with similar CVA risk factors. Several statistically significant differences between the groups were identified. On the basis of these results, trauma appears to be an independent, nonmodifiable risk factor for CVA.

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