Frail patients who fall and their risk on major bleeding and intracranial haemorrhage. Outcomes from the Fall and Syncope Registry.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Major bleeding, and intracranial bleeding specifically, are severe complications related to the use of anticoagulation. To what extent the risk for major bleeding is elevated among frail older people is not well known because they are underrepresented in the randomized clinical trials (RCTs). This study investigates the risk for major bleeding (MB) and intra cranial haemorrhage (ICH) in frail older people who fall.

Methods

All patients 65 years and older visiting the Fall and Syncope Clinic, between November 2011 and January 2020, and underwent a MRI of the brain were eligible. Frailty was assessed with a Frailty Index, based on the accumulation of deficits model. Cerebral small vessel disease was described and evaluated as proposed in the position paper of Wardla

SUBMITTER: Zwart L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10334580 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature