Aspirin for primary prevention of stroke in traumatic cerebrovascular injury: association with increased risk of transfusion.
CONCLUSIONS Treatment with aspirin for the prevention of stroke in patients with initially asymptomatic TCVI carries a significantly increased risk of PRBC transfusion. Future studies are needed to determine if this risk is offset by a reduced risk of ischemic stroke.
PMID: 29775142 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Neurosurgery - Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Griffin RL, Falatko SR, Aslibekyan S, Strickland V, Harrigan MR Tags: J Neurosurg Source Type: research
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