Should anticoagulation be resumed after intracerebral hemorrhage?

Cleve Clin J Med. 2010 Nov;77(11):791-9. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.77a.10018.

Abstract

Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is the most feared and the most deadly complication of oral anticoagulant therapy, eg, with warfarin (Coumadin). After such an event, clinicians wonder whether their patients should resume anticoagulant therapy. The authors review the management of anticoagulation during and after anticoagulation-associated ICH.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Anticoagulants / administration & dosage
  • Anticoagulants / adverse effects*
  • Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / chemically induced*
  • Heparinoids / administration & dosage
  • Heparinoids / adverse effects
  • Heparinoids / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • International Normalized Ratio
  • Prognosis
  • Risk Factors
  • Secondary Prevention
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Anticoagulants
  • Heparinoids