The Impact of Anticoagulation on Trauma Outcomes : An National Trauma Data Bank Study.

Background: Increased prevalence of patients on anticoagulants and the advent of new therapies raise concern over how these patients fare if they sustain a traumatic injury. We investigated the role of prehospitalization anticoagulation therapy in trauma-related mortality and postacute disposition.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed on patients who sustained traumatic injury identified in the 2017 National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB).