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Subdural Haematoma
Neurosurgery · Neurological
Severe
Severity
Uncommon overall but increasingly common in older adults, particularly those on anticoagulant therapy
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Neurosurgery
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Most commonly caused by head trauma such as a fall
- 2motor vehicle accident
- 3or assault
- 4which tears small blood vessels bridging the brain surface and its covering. Chronic subdural haematomas often occur in older adults or those on blood-thinning medications after even minor
- 5sometimes forgotten
- 6head injuries because brain shrinkage with age stretches these bridging veins. Risk factors include advanced age
- 7chronic alcohol use
- 8anticoagulant medication use
- 9and a history of falls.
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