Why the study?
Does oral anticoagulant use explain the recent rise in admission rates of intracerebral haemorrhages?
Population
Patients admitted to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary with intracerebral bleedings between 1993 and 1998, and…
Comparison
Oral anticoagulant (OAC) use (warfarin) vs Historical rates (1993 vs 1998) and non-OAC use
Design
Cohort
Authors
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OAC use does not fully explain rising ICH admissions; leaves open other contributors while supporting low rates in supervised clinics.
Does oral anticoagulant use explain the recent rise in admission rates of intracerebral haemorrhages?
The incidence of intracranial haemorrhage in a supervised OAC clinic was acceptably low at 0.33% per year, and the overall increase in intracerebral haemorrhage admissions could not be fully explained by increased OAC use.
Berwaerts et al. (2000) studied this question.
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