Neurotrauma Reports (Nov 2023)

Retrospective Observational Study of Patients With Subdural Hematoma Treated With Idarucizumab

  • Eiichi Suehiro,
  • Hideyuki Ishihara,
  • Yohei Kogeichi,
  • Tsunenori Ozawa,
  • Koichi Haraguchi,
  • Masaru Honda,
  • Yumie Honda,
  • Makoto Inaba,
  • Ryusuke Kabeya,
  • Naoaki Kanda,
  • Kenta Koketsu,
  • Nobukuni Murakami,
  • Hidetoshi Nakamoto,
  • Kotaro Oshio,
  • Kuniyasu Saigusa,
  • Takashi Shuto,
  • Shuichi Sugiyama,
  • Kenji Suzuyama,
  • Tsuguaki Terashima,
  • Mitsuharu Tsuura,
  • Mitsutoshi Nakada,
  • Hitoshi Kobata,
  • Toshio Higashi,
  • Nobuyuki Sakai,
  • Michiyasu Suzuki

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1089/NEUR.2023.0065
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 790 – 796

Abstract

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Use of anticoagulants is increasing with the aging of societies. The safe first-line drug is likely to be a direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC), but outcomes of treatment of traumatic brain injury (TBI) with anticoagulants are uncertain. Therefore, we examined the clinical effect of idarucizumab as reversal therapy in elderly patients with TBI who were treated with dabigatran. A retrospective multi-center observational study was performed in patients ?65 years of age who developed acute traumatic subdural hematoma during treatment with dabigatran and underwent reversal therapy with idarucizumab. The items examined included patient background, neurological and imaging findings at arrival, course after admission, complications, and outcomes. A total of 23 patients were enrolled in the study. The patients had a mean age of 78.9 years. Cause of TBI was fall in 60.9% of the subjects. Mean Glasgow Coma Scale score at arrival was 8.7; anisocoria was present in 31.8% of cases. Exacerbation of consciousness was found in 30.4%, but only in 13.3% of subjects treated with idarucizumab before consciousness and imaging findings worsened. Dabigatran was discontinued in 81.8% of cases after hematoma development, with a mean withdrawal period of 12.1 days. The favorable outcome rate was 21.7%, and mortality was 39.1%. In multi-variate analysis, timing of idarucizumab administration was associated with a favorable outcome. There were ischemic complications in 3 cases (13.1%), and all three events occurred ?7 days after administration of idarucizumab. These findings suggest that in cases that develop hematoma during treatment with dabigatran, it is important to administer idarucizumab early and restart dabigatran after conditions stabilize.

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