Sunday, December 07, 2008

ICH due to anticoagulants

Pearls
1. In SPAF virtually all ICH was due to INR > 3
2. Oral anticoagulants increase risk of parenchymal hemorrhage 7-10 times
3. In patients >60, actual risk of ICH was 0.3 - 1.0 per year.

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