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Subarachnoid Haemorrhage in an Elderly Patient with Comorbidities Cover

Subarachnoid Haemorrhage in an Elderly Patient with Comorbidities

Open Access
|Aug 2020

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.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amtsb-2020-0025 | Journal eISSN: 2285-7079 | Journal ISSN: 2285-7079
Language: English
Page range: 33 - 35
Submitted on: Mar 20, 2019
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Accepted on: May 28, 2020
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Published on: Aug 3, 2020
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2020 Vicențiu Săceleanu, Alexandru Babeu, Adriana Săceleanu, published by Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
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