Journal article
Aspirin Use and Risk of Subdural Hematoma: Updated Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Subdural hematomas are an uncommon, but a serious, bleeding complication of antithrombotic therapies. We update our previous inconclusive meta-analysis to better estimate the risk of subdural hematoma associated with aspirin use.
METHODS: For the initial meta-analysis, nine randomized trials published between1980 and 2012 comparing aspirin with placebo/control were considered. Additional data from four large primary …
Authors
Hart RG; Pearce LA; Gorelick PB; Connolly BJ; Catanese L
Journal
Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Vol. 30, No. 8,
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
August 2021
DOI
10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2021.105911
ISSN
1052-3057