Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-2010
Abstract
Abstract
Objective: Prehospital use of antiplatelet agents has been associated with an increased risk for ICH as well as a secondary increase in ICH volume after the initial hemorrhage. Strategies to reestablish platelet aggregation are used in clinical practice, but without any established guidelines or recommendations. This article serves to evaluate the literature regarding “reversal” of antiplatelet agents in neurosurgical populations.
Methods: PUBMED and MEDLINE databases were searched for publications from 1966 to 2009 relating to intracranial hemorrhage and antiplatelet agents. The reference sections of recent articles, guidelines and reviews were reviewed and pertinent articles identified. Studies were classified by two broad subsets; those describing intracranial hemorrhage relatable to a traumatic mechanism and those with a spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage. Two independent auditors recorded and analyzed study design and the reported outcome measures.
Results: For the spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage group, 9 reports assessing antiplatelet effects on various outcome measures were identified. Eleven studies evaluating the use of prehospital antiplatlets prior to a traumatic intracranial hemorrhage were examined.
Conclusion: The data assessing the relationship between outcome and prehospital antiplatelet agents in the setting of ICH is conflicting in both the trauma and the stroke literature. Only one retrospective review specifically addressed outcomes after attempted reversal with platelet transfusion. Further study is needed to determine whether platelet transfusion ameliorates hematoma enlargement and/or improves outcome in the setting of acute ICH.
Recommended Citation
Campbell, MD, Peter G.; Sen, BS, Anish; Yadla, MD, Sanjay; Jabbour, MD, Pascal; and Jallo, MD, PhD, Jack, "Emergency reversal of antiplatelet agents in patients presenting with an intracranial hemorrhage: A clinical review" (2010). Department of Neurosurgery Faculty Papers. Paper 11.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/neurosurgeryfp/11
Table 1: Effect of antiplatelet agents upon spontaneous ICH and Table 2: Effect of antiplatelet agents upon traumatic ICH
Comments
This article has been peer reviewed. It is the authors' final version prior to publication in World Neurosurgery Volume 74, Issue 2-3, August 2010, Pages 279-285. The published version is available at DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2010.05.030 . Copyright © Elsevier Inc.