Antiplatelet/Anticoagulant Agents and Chronic Subdural Hematoma in the Elderly

Pasquale De Bonis,Gianluca Trevisi,Chiara De Waure,Antonella Sferrazza,Massimo Volpe,Angelo Pompucci,Carmelo Anile,Annunziato Mangiola

Antiplatelet/Anticoagulant Agents and Chronic Subdural Hematoma in the Elderly

2013

Pasquale De Bonis
Gianluca Trevisi
Chiara De Waure
Antonella Sferrazza
Massimo Volpe
Angelo Pompucci
Carmelo Anile
Annunziato Mangiola

Background and Purpose In the last decade there has been an increasing use of antiplatelet/anticoagulant agents in the elderly. The aim of the study was to evaluate the association between exposure to anticoagulant/antiplatelet therapy and chronic subdural haematoma-CSDH.

Keywords:

Anticoagulant Agent
Anticoagulant
Platelet aggregation inhibitor
Geriatrics
Hematoma
Intensive care medicine
Medicine
Case-control study
Emergency department
anticoagulant therapy
Internal medicine
Logistic regression
Surgery

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