Risk of Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage In Patients With Head Injury and Preinjury Warfarin or Clopidogrel Use

While several risk factors for immediate tICH were identified, the authors were unable to identify a subset of patients with mild head trauma and preinjury warfarin or clopidogrel use who are at low risk for immediate tICH. Thus, the recommendation is for urgent and liberal cranial CT imaging in this patient population, even in the absence of clinical findings.