• J Emerg Med · Dec 2019

    Observational Study

    Direct Oral Anticoagulant Treatment and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Risk of Early and Delayed Bleeding and the Severity of Injuries Compared with Vitamin K Antagonists.

    • Gianni Turcato, Massimo Zannoni, Arian Zaboli, Elisabetta Zorzi, Giorgio Ricci, Norbert Pfeifer, Antonio Maccagnani, Andrea Tenci, and Antonio Bonora.
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Franz Tappeiner Hospital of Merano, Azienda Sanitaria dell'Alto Adige, Merano, Bolzano, Italy.
    • J Emerg Med. 2019 Dec 1; 57 (6): 817-824.

    BackgroundThe risk of intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) in patients taking direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) after mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) is unclear.ObjectivesTo assess the differences in the risk of developing early, delayed, and comprehensive bleeding after MTBI among patients treated with DOACs as compared with those treated with vitamin K antagonists (VKAs).MethodsAll MTBI patients taking oral anticoagulants in our emergency department between June 2017 and August 2018 were included. All patients on oral anticoagulants underwent immediate cerebral computed tomography (CT) and a second CT scan after 24 h of clinical observation.ResultsThere were 451 patients enrolled: 268 were on VKAs and 183 on DOACs. Of the DOAC-treated patients, 7.7% (14/183) presented overall intracranial bleeding, compared with 14.9% (40/268) of VKA-treated patients (p = 0.026). Early bleeding was present in 5.5% (10/183) of DOAC-treated patients and in 11.6% (31/268) of VKA-treated patients (p = 0.030). Multivariable analysis showed that VKA therapy (odds ratio [OR] 2.327), high-energy impact (OR 11.229), amnesia (OR 2.814), loss of consciousness (OR 5.286), Glasgow Coma Scale score < 15 (OR 4.719), and the presence of lesion above the clavicles (OR 2.742) were associated with significantly higher risk of global ICH. A nomogram was constructed to predict ICH using these six variables. Discrimination of the nomogram revealed good predictive abilities (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve: 0.817).ConclusionsDOAC-treated patients seem to have lower risk of posttraumatic intracranial bleeding compared with VKA-treated patients.Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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