Predicting intracranial lesions by antiplatelet agents in subjects with mild head injury

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry
Andrea FabbriAlberto Vandelli

Abstract

The effect of pre-injury antiplatelet treatment in the risk of intracranial lesions in subjects after mild head injury (Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) 14-15) is uncertain. The potential risk was determined, considering its increasing use in guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention, and ageing of the trauma population in Europe. The interaction of antiplatelet therapy with the prediction variables of main decision aids was analysed in 14,288 consecutive adolescent and adult subjects with mild head injury. Any intracranial lesion at CT scan was selected as an outcome measure in a multivariable logistic regression analysis. Intracranial lesions were demonstrated in 880 cases (6.2%), with an unfavourable outcome at 6 months in 86 (0.6%). Antiplatelet drugs were recorded in 10% of the entire cohort (24.7% in the group over 65 years). They increased the risk of intracranial lesions in the univariate analysis (OR 2.6; 95% CI 2.2 to 3.1), interacting with age in the multivariate analysis (antiplatelet OR 2.7 (1.9 to 3.7); age ≥75 years 1.4 (1.0 to 1.9)). The inclusion of these two variables with those included in previous decision aids for CT scanning (GCS, neurodeficit, post-traumatic seizures, suspected skull fracture, vomiting, los...Continue Reading

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