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Delayed intracranial hemorrhage after blunt trauma: are patients on preinjury anticoagulants and prescription antiplatelet agents at risk?

Kimberly A PeckC Beth SiseSteven R ShackfordMichael J SiseRichard Y CalvoDaniel I SackSarah B WalkerMark S Schechter
Published in: The Journal of trauma (2012)
The incidence of delayed ICH in our study was 1%. However, none of the delayed findings were clinically significant. Among patients on ACAP therapy with a negative CT1 and a normal or unchanged neurologic examination, a routine CT2 is unnecessary. We recommend a period of observation to recognize those patients with symptoms that could be due to delayed ICH.
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