@article{ref1,
title="Risk of cerebral hemorrhage in mild traumatic brain injury and antithrombotic treatment",
journal="Revista clínica española (Barc.)",
year="2023",
author="Martínez-Rivas, J. J. and Rodríguez-Lucas, F. and Planells, G. and Corrales, D. and Cocho, D.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: The observation time in mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is controversial. Our aim was to assess the risk of neurological complications in mTBI with and without antithrombotic treatment. <br><br>METHOD: We retrospectively evaluated patients with mTBI seen in the emergency room for 3 years. We considered MTBI those with Glasgow ≥13 at admission. A cranial CT was performed in all cases with ≥1 risk factor at admission and at 24 h in those with neurological impairment or initial pathological cranial CT. Complications in the following 3 months were retrospectively reviewed. <br><br>RESULTS: We evaluated 907 patients with a mean age of 73 ± 19 years. Ninety-one percent presented risk factors, with 60% on antithrombotic treatment. We detected 11% of initial brain hemorrhage, 0.4% at 24 h, and no cases at 3 months. Antithrombotic treatment was not associated with an increased risk of brain hemorrhage (9.9% with vs 11.9% without treatment, p = 0.3). 39% of the hemorrhages presented neurological symptoms (18% post-traumatic amnesia, 12% headache, 8% vomiting, 1% seizures), with 78.4% having mild symptoms. Of the 4 hemorrhages detected at 24 h, 3 were asymptomatic and one case that worsened the initial headache. No asymptomatic patient without lesion on initial clinical cranial CT presented at 24 h. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Our study suggests that patients with asymptomatic mTBI, without a lesion on the initial cranial CT, would not require the observation period or CT control regardless of antithrombotic treatment or INR level.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2254-8874",
doi="10.1016/j.rceng.2023.10.005",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rceng.2023.10.005"
}