<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Subdural hemorrhage is usually caused by a traumatic injury. Other risk factors that may lead to subdural hemorrhage include: hypertension, anticoagulants, elderly, alcohol abuse, vascular abnormalities etc. Mortality range is between 50% and 90% depending on age, admission Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) and anticoagulant treatment. We present a case of 74-year old patient, female, known for diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, chronic heart failure, receiving anticoagulant treatment, bronchial asthma who develops a posttraumatic massive chronic subdural hematoma accompanied by comorbidities.</p></abstract>

Subdural hemorrhage is usually caused by a traumatic injury. Other risk factors that may lead to subdural hemorrhage include: hypertension, anticoagulants, elderly, alcohol abuse, vascular abnormalities etc. Mortality range is between 50% and 90% depending on age, admission Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) and anticoagulant treatment. We present a case of 74-year old patient, female, known for diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, chronic heart failure, receiving anticoagulant treatment, bronchial asthma who develops a posttraumatic massive chronic subdural hematoma accompanied by comorbidities.

Subarachnoid Haemorrhage in an Elderly Patient with Comorbidities

Acta Medica Transilvanica

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Subdural hemorrhage is usually caused by a traumatic injury. Other risk factors that may lead to subdural hemorrhage include: hypertension, anticoagulants,...

Subarachnoid Haemorrhage in an Elderly Patient with Comorbidities

Published Online: Aug 03, 2020

Page range: 33 - 35

Received: Mar 20, 2019

Accepted: May 28, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amtsb-2020-0025

Keywords
subdural haemorrhage, traumatic injury, chronic subdural hematoma, anticoagulants, hypertension

© 2020 Vicențiu Săceleanu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Subarachnoid Haemorrhage in an Elderly Patient with Comorbidities

Published Online: Aug 03, 2020

Page range: 33 - 35

Received: Mar 20, 2019

Accepted: May 28, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amtsb-2020-0025

Keywordssubdural haemorrhage, traumatic injury, chronic subdural hematoma, anticoagulants, hypertension

© 2020 Vicențiu Săceleanu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
subdural haemorrhage, traumatic injury, chronic subdural hematoma, anticoagulants, hypertension