Immediate and Delayed Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage in Patients with Head Trauma and Pre-Injury Warfarin or Clopidogrel Use

摘要

Study ObjectivePatients on warfarin or clopidogrel are considered at increased risk for traumatic intracranial hemorrhage (tICH) following blunt head trauma. The prevalence of immediate tICH and the cumulative incidence of delayed tICH in these patients, however, are unknown.