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Emergency Medicine Test Prep

Category - Special Considerations

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A 70 year old male taking warfarin for cardiovascular disease fall, have a minor head injury will develop

Extradural hematoma
Bone fracture
Parenchyma damage
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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