Table 1.

Emergency consults requiring the reversal of warfarin

Diagnosis	Total number	Number immediately operative
Traumatic brain injury
Subarachnoid hemorrhage, GCS 13–15	17	0
Subarachnoid hemorrhage, GCS 9–12	2	0
Subarachnoid hemorrhage, GCS < 9	2	2
Contusion, GCS 13–15	5	2
Contusion, GCS 9–12	3	3
Contusion, GCS < 9	2	2
Acute subdural hematoma < 5 mm thick	4	0
Acute subdural hematoma 5–10 mm thick	2	1
Acute subdural hematoma > 10 mm thick	2	2
Cerebellar hematoma
< 1 cm without hydrocephalus	1	0
>1 cm with hydrocephalus	2	2
Chronic subdural hematoma	8	0
Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage	2	2
Intraparenchymal hematoma (supratentorial)	9	2
Spinal epidural hematoma	1	1
Other neurosurgical emergencies
Ventricular shunt failure	2	2
Hydrocephalus requiring external ventricular drain placement	1	1
Total	44	20

GCS = Glasgow Coma Scale.