Initiating anticoagulant therapy after ICH is associated with patient characteristics and treatment recommendations.
Jochen A SembillClaudia Y WieserMaximilian I SprügelStefan T GernerAntje Giede-JeppeCaroline ReindlIlker Y EyüpogluPhilip HoelterHannes LückingJoji B KuramatsuHagen B HuttnerPublished in: Journal of neurology (2018)
Clear treatment recommendations by attending stroke physicians significantly influence OAC initiation after ICH. OAC were more frequently recommended and started in younger patients with better functional recovery independent from intracranial complications. This might represent an important determinant of observed beneficial associations, hinting towards an indication bias which might affect observational analyses.