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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Emerg Med. 2012 Jun;59(6):460–468.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2012.04.007

Table 3.

Patients With Delayed Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage (all with pre-injury warfarin use)

Patient Mechanism
of Injury
Initial
GCS
Initial
INR
Repeat cranial CT
findings (days after
initial cranial CT)
Neurosurgical
intervention/In-
hospital mortality
(days after initial
cranial CT)
Comments
63 year old
female
Ground level fall,
isolated head
injury
15 1.15 Massive subdural hematoma
with uncal herniation (3)
Mannitol/Died (3) Patient was discharged home
from initial ED visit. She was
found obtunded at home three
days later. She was taken
emergently to ED and died in
hospital the same day.
63 year old
male
Ground level fall,
isolated head
injury
15 1.50 Small intraparenchymal
contusion and subarachnoid
hemorrhage (1)
No/No Patient was admitted to hospital.
Routine repeat cranial CT
showed a small tICH.
Discharged home HD#4.
79 year old
male
Ground level fall,
isolated head
injury
15 4.95 Small intraventricular
hemorrhage (7)
No/No Patient was admitted to hospital.
Repeat cranial CT obtained for
a change in mental status on
HD#7. Patient improved and
was discharged home on HD#8.
91 year old
male
Ground level fall,
isolated head
injury
15 1.90 Large intraparenchymal,
subarachnoid, and
intraventricular hemorrhage with
midline shift of 9.3 mm (3)
No/Died (7) Patient was admitted to hospital.
On HD#3, repeat cranial CT
was obtained for a change in
mental status demonstrated a
large tICH and patient was
made DNR. Died on HD#7.

Abbreviations: GCS, Glasgow coma scale; INR, international normalized ratio; ED, emergency department; CT, computed tomography; tICH, traumatic intracranial hemorrhage; HD, hospital day; DNR, Do-Not-Resuscitate