Patients with mild traumatic brain injury receiving direct oral ancoagulants in Emergency Department: a necessary discussion

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¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Franz Tappeiner Hospital of Merano, Azienda Sanitaria dell'Alto Adige, Merano, Bolzano, Italy. Electronic address: gianni.turcato@yahoo.it.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Franz Tappeiner Hospital of Merano, Azienda Sanitaria dell'Alto Adige, Merano, Bolzano, Italy.
³ Department of Cardiology and Intensive Care Cardiology, Girolamo Fracastoro Hospital of San Bonifacio, Azienda Ospedaliera Scaligera, San Bonifacio, Verona, Italy.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.

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Gianni Turcato et al. Am J Emerg Med. 2021 Apr.

. 2021 Apr:42:235-236.

doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.05.040. Epub 2020 May 22.

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Franz Tappeiner Hospital of Merano, Azienda Sanitaria dell'Alto Adige, Merano, Bolzano, Italy. Electronic address: gianni.turcato@yahoo.it.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Franz Tappeiner Hospital of Merano, Azienda Sanitaria dell'Alto Adige, Merano, Bolzano, Italy.
³ Department of Cardiology and Intensive Care Cardiology, Girolamo Fracastoro Hospital of San Bonifacio, Azienda Ospedaliera Scaligera, San Bonifacio, Verona, Italy.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.

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