Category: Acute Cerebrovascular Conditions

Acute Cerebrovascular Conditions · Coagulopathy and Bleeding · European Guidelines · US Guidelines

Guideline for Reversal of Antithrombotics in Intracranial Hemorrhage

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This guideline, issued jointly by the Neurocritical Care Society and Society of Critical Care Medicine and published in Neurocrit Care December 2015, provides timely and evidence-based reversal strategies to assist practitioners in the care of patients with antithrombotic-associated intracranial hemorrhage. Read the statement here. Best regards, Riikka Takala.

Intracerebral Haemorrhage · Surgical Measures · Traumatic Brain Injury

The Bottom Line – The STITCH Trial

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The excellent reviewers at The Bottom Line are taking a thorough look at the STITCH (Trauma) trial of 2015. The STITCH (Trauma) trial (Early Surgery versus Initial Conservative Treatment in Patients with Traumatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage) recruited 170 patients into a multicenter RCT to determine whether early surgery (within 12 hours) for traumatic intracerebral haemorrhage would confer a mortality benefit… Continue reading The Bottom Line – The STITCH Trial