Is Antiplatelet Therapy an Independent Risk Factor for Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage in Patients With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury?

Melville LD, Shah K

Ann Emerg Med. 2017 Dec;70(6):910-911

Antiplatelet therapy appears to increase the risk for intracranial bleeding in patients with traumatic brain injury compared with those receiving warfarin or no antiplatelet therapy; however, this may not apply to aspirin monotherapy.