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Aspirin as a risk factor for hemorrhage in patients with head injuries

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The role of aspirin as a risk factor in the occurrence of intracranial bleeding following head injury was investigated. Chronic subdural hematoma appears to be a suitable model for the evaluation of risk factors in the development of hemorrhage. The most common risk factors found in our study were, apart from age, chronic alcohol abuse (28%), consumption of cumarin-derivates (21%), aspirin (13%), and heparin (5%). A patient undergoing aspirin treatment must be considered at risk of development of chronic subdural hematoma. Aspirin should not be prescribed to patients with post-traumatic headaches.

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  1. Departments of Neurosurgery, Internal Medicine/Hemostasiology and Neuro-radiology, University Hospital of Basle, Switzerland

    German Marbet, Ernst W. Radii & Othmar Gratzl

  2. Departement Chirurgie, Kantonsspital Basel, CH-4031, Basel, Switzerland

    Marc A. Reymond

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Reymond, M.A., Marbet, G., Radii, E.W. et al. Aspirin as a risk factor for hemorrhage in patients with head injuries. Neurosurg. Rev. 15, 21–25 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02352062

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