Emergency Medicine Test Prep

Category - Special Considerations

A 70 year old male taking warfarin for cardiovascular disease fall, have a minor head injury will develop
  1. Extradural hematoma
  2. Bone fracture
  3. Parenchyma damage
  4. Intracranial hemorrhages
Explanation
Answer: D - a person taking warfarin (Coumadin) and/ may experience a life-threatening intracranial hemorrhage after sustaining a relatively minor closed head injury as a result of the defect in the hemostatic mechanism caused by such medications
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