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Minimal is not minor also in patients with mild traumatic brain injury on oral direct anticoagulant therapy.
Internal and Emergency Medicine 2023 March 4
Currently, all patients, regardless of the type of head injury, should undergo a head computerized tomography (CT) if on oral anticoagulant therapy. The aim of the study was to assess the different incidences of intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) between patients with minor head injury (mHI) and patients with mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) and whether there were differences in the risk of death at 30 days as a result of trauma or neurosurgery. A retrospective multicenter observational study was conducted from January 1, 2016, to February 1, 2020. All patients on DOACs therapy who suffered head trauma and underwent a head CT were extracted from the computerized databases. Patients were divided into two groups MTBI vs mHI all in DOACs treatment. Whether a difference in the incidence of post-traumatic ICH was present was investigated, and pre- and post-traumatic risk factors were compared between the two groups to assess the possible association with ICH risk by propensity score matching. 1425 with an MTBI in DOACs were enrolled. Of these, 80.1% (1141/1425) had an mHI and 19.9% (284/1425) had an MTBI. Of these, 16.5% (47/284) patients with MTBI and 3.3% (38/1141) with mHI reported post-traumatic ICH. After propensity score matching, ICH was consistently found to be more associated with patients with MTBI than with mHI (12.5% vs 5.4%, p = 0.027). Risk factors associated with immediate ICH in mHI patients were high energy impact, previous neurosurgery, trauma above the clavicles, post-traumatic vomiting and headache. Patients on MTBI (5.4%) were found to be more associated with ICH than those with mHI (0.0%, p = 0.002). also when the need for neurosurgery or death within 30 days were considered. Patients on DOACs with mHI have a lower risk of presenting with post-traumatic ICH than patients with MTBI. Furthermore, patients with mHI have a lower risk of death or neurosurgery than patients with MTBI, despite the presence of ICH.
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