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Hemodialysis with end-stage renal disease did not raise the risk of intracranial hemorrhage after a head injury

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine volume 23, Article number: 82 (2015) Cite this article

Abstract

Background

Hemodialysis (HD) treatment for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) (HD+ESRD) may increase the risk of intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) after a head injury (HI) for which heparin is used. However, the results of noncontrast head computed tomography (CT) in such patients are not always clear. We aimed to evaluate the effect of HD on the risk of ICH in ESRD patients and in controls without ESRD with HD (HD−ESRD), and to determine whether to lower the threshold of head CT in HD+ESRD patients after HI.

Methods

In this nationwide population-based study using Taiwan’s National Health Insurance Research Database, we enrolled 6938 HD+ESRD HI patients for the case group and 13,876 randomly selected HD−ESRD HI patients for the control group. Measures of the post-HI association between HD+ESRD and ICH determined using conditional logistic regression.

Results

Five hundred sixty-eight (2.74 %) patients had post-HI ICH: 185 in the HD+ESRD group (2.67 % of cases) and 383 were from the HD−ESRD group (2.76 % of controls). Conditional logistic regression analysis revealed that after adjusting for age, gender, diabetes, hypertension, congestive heart failure, stroke, cancer, and liver disease, HD+ESRD patients had no higher odds of ICH (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]: 0.91; 95 % confidence interval [CI]: 0.75–1.11) than did HD−ESRD patients. In the subgroup analysis of immediate ICH, HD+ESRD patients had lower odds than did HD−ESRD patients (AOR: 0.73; 95 % CI: 0.56–0.94).

Conclusions

HD+ESRD did not increase the post-HI risk of ICH. Therefore, it may not be necessary to lower the threshold of head CT in HD+ESRD patients.

Introduction

The population of patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) who require dialysis is progressively growing, and the mortality rate of this group is much higher than that of the general population in the U.S.[1]. In 2009, 116,395 patients started therapy for ESRD, and the prevalent population reached 571,414, including 398,861 dialysis patients [1]. The incident rate increased 1.1 %, to 355.4 per million, and total expenditures reached $42.5 billion [1]. In Taiwan, the number of ESRD patients who require hemodialysis (HD) has also increased considerably over the past two decades [2]. Taiwan has had the greatest incidence of ESRD since 2000, according to an international comparison based on data from the U.S. Renal Data System [3].

Head injury (HI) often results in lifelong physical, cognitive, behavioral, and social dysfunction for patients who, in turn, may place major social and financial burdens on their families and society [4, 5]. It is estimated that, in the U.S., around 5.3 million people are living with a HI-related disability [6], and in the E.U., approximately 7.7 million people who have experienced HI have disabilities [7]. There has been a shift toward older patients with HI for whom falls are the primary cause of HI among the elderly, resulting in more contusion injuries [8]. The high incidence of comorbidities and the frequent use of platelet aggregation inhibitors and oral anticoagulants among older patients have a negative influence on outcome after HI [8].

The widespread availability of head computed tomography (CT) has greatly helped physicians to better manage patients with HI [9]. Head CT is considered mandatory for all HI patients with an initial or persistent altered level of consciousness [9]. The role of the head CT in a patient with mild HI and a normal level of consciousness remains controversial [9]. In the New Orleans [10] and Canadian CT Clinical Decision Rules [11], head CT is indicated in patients with “known coagulopathy” who are on chronic anticoagulant therapy or are alcohol dependent; however, coagulopathy is potentially a significant risk factor for traumatic intracranial hemorrhage (ICH). HD and continuous renal replacement therapies require extracorporeal blood flow. Some type of anticoagulant, usually heparin or warfarin, is required to prevent thrombosis. However, there is no agreement about how heparin affects with HD+ESRD patients with HI. We analyzed a population-based cohort taken from Taiwan’s National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) to determine the risk of ICH after HI in HD+ESRD patients. We hypothesized that HD+ESRD increase the risk for ICH in patients with HI.

Methods

Data sources

Taiwan’s universal National Health Insurance (NHI) Program covers nearly 100 % of the country’s population [12]. The National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD), one of the largest and most complete population-based healthcare datasets in the world, contains encrypted patient identification numbers, ICD-9-CM codes for basic sociodemographic information, procedures, diagnoses, prescribed drugs, and dates of discharge and admission [13]. All the expenses of ESRD, HD, HI, and ICH are covered by NHI.

Ethics statement

This study was conducted according to the Declaration of Helsinki. The Institutional Review Board at Chi-Mei Medical Center approved this study (IRB approved number 10404-E2) and waived the need for informed consents from the patients because the data in this study consists of unidentifiable, national, secondary data released to the public for research. The rights and welfare of the patients are not affected adversely by the waiver.

Selection of cases and controls

This longitudinal study selected, for the case group, all ESRD patients on maintenance HD (HD+ESRD) with new-onset HI (ICD-9 codes: 850 [Concussion], 852 [Subarachnoid, subdural and extradural haemorrhage, following injury], 853 [Other and unspecified intracranial hemorrhage following injury], 854 [Intracranial injury of other and unspecified nature], 959.0 [Injury to head, face and neck], 959.01 [Head injury, unspecified], 959.09 [Injury of face and neck]) between 2002 and 2008 (Fig. 1). Their ESRD diagnoses were confirmed if the database indicated that they had a catastrophic illness certificate with the ICD-9 code number 585 for chronic kidney disease.

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Flow chart of the study. HI, head injury; ESRD, end-stage renal disease; LHID2000, Longitudinal Health Insurance Database 2000; HD, hemodialysis; ICH, intracranial hemorrhage

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We also selected two matched controls per case from the Longitudinal Health Insurance Database 2000 (LHID2000), a data subset of the NHIRD that contains claims data for one million beneficiaries randomly selected from the full NHIRD in 2000. There are no significant differences in age, gender, and healthcare costs between the LHID2000 sample group and all NHI enrollees (Fig. 1). The definition of controls was patients who did not have ESRD with HD (HD-ESRD). Controls (HD−ESRD) were matched with cases by age, gender, and index year. Patients diagnosed with ESRD were excluded. As with the cases, we assigned the first use of medical care during the index year as the index date for controls.

We linked to the diagnostic codes through the ambulatory and inpatient care claims databases of the NHI. Baseline comorbidities affecting ICH that may have presented before the index date were diabetes mellitus (DM) (ICD-9 code 250), hypertension (HTN) (ICD-9 codes 401–405), congestive heart failure (CHF) (ICD-9 codes 428), stroke (ICD-9 codes 430–438), cancer (ICD-9 codes 140–208), and liver disease (ICD-9 codes 571.2, 571.4, 571.5, 571.6, 456.0–456.2, 572.2–572.8). We counted these comorbid conditions if they occurred either in the inpatient setting or in 3 or more ambulatory care claims coded 12 months before the index medical care date.

Exposure assessment

This study compared the risk of ICH between cases and controls. In this study, we identified ICH that included medical codes for (i) immediate ICH after HI (ICD-9 codes: 852, 853, 854); and (ii) delayed ICH within 7 days of HI (ICD-9 codes: 852, 853, 854, 430 [Subarachnoid hemorrhage], 431 [Intracerebral hemorrhage], 432 [Other and unspecified intracranial hemorrhage], 432.1 [Subdural hemorrhage], 432.9 [Unspecified intracranial hemorrhage]). By definition, all patients had not been previously diagnosed with ICH.

Subgroup analysis

We analyzed the effect of HD+ESRD for ICH in HI patients in the subgroups based on gender, age, immediate ICH, and delayed ICH. Elderly was defined as ≥ 65 years old (Table 2).

Statistical analysis

The significance of the differences in baseline characteristics and comorbid variables between the two groups was evaluated using Pearson χ 2 tests for categorical variables and Student’s t test for continuous variables. We used conditional logistic regression (based on age, gender, and index year) to examine the association of ESRD with HD and ICH after HI after the potential confounders of DM, HTN, CHF, stroke, cancer, and liver disease, measured before the index date, had been adjusted for. SAS 9.3.1 for Windows (SAS Institute, Cary, NC, USA) was used for all analyses. Significance was set at P < 0.05.

Results

Demographic data of total patients with HI

Between 2002 and 2008, we recruited 6938 patients with HD+ESRD and 13,876 age- and gender-matched controls, after ineligible patients had been excluded (Fig. 1; Table 1). The mean ages in the case and control groups on the HI date were identical: 65.52 ± 12.96 years old (Table 1). All patients were subclassified into 2 age groups: 0–64 years old and ≥ 65 years old (Table 1). Pearson χ 2 tests revealed a significant difference between the distribution of the comorbidities of DM, HTN, CHF, stroke, cancer, and liver disease in cases and controls after matching (Table 1).

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of patients with head injury
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Risk of ICH after HI

Of the 6938 HD+ESRD patients, 185 (2.67 %) had ICH after HI during the follow-up period (Table 2). In the HD−ESRD group, 383 of 13,876 patients (2.76 %) had ICH after HI during the follow-up period (Table 2). The crude OR was 0.97 (95 % CI: 0.81–1.15). After adjusting for patient age, gender, and comorbidities, HD+ESRD was not associated with an increased risk of ICH after HI compared with the control group (AOR: 0.91; 95 % CI: 0.75–1.11) (Table 2).

Table 2 Comparison of the risk of intracranial hemorrhage after head injury between Case (HD+ESRD) and Control (HD−ESRD) groups
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Subgroup analysis

When patients were categorized by gender and age, the difference in the risk of ICH between 2 subgroups was not significant (Table 2). In an analysis of immediate and delayed ICH, HD+ESRD patients had a lower risk than did HD−ESRD patients (AOR: 0.73; 95 % CI: 0.56–0.94), especially in the females (AOR: 0.61; 95 % CI: 0.43–0.87) and those ≥ 65 years old (AOR: 0.70; 95 % CI: 0.50–0.97) (Table 3). In the delayed ICH analysis, there was no difference between HD+ESRD and HD−ESRD patients (Table 4).

Table 3 Comparison of the risk of immediate intracranial hemorrhage after head injury between Case (HD+ESRD) and Control (HD−ESRD) groups
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Table 4 Comparison of the risk of delayed intracranial hemorrhage after head injury between the Case (HD+ESRD) and Control (HD−ESRD) groups
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Discussion

Using a nationwide population-based study design with a large sample, we found that ESRD with HD did not increase the risk of ICH after HI, regardless of age or gender. Moreover, HD+ESRD patients had a lower risk of immediate ICH. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to report the associations between HD+ESRD and the risk of ICH after HI. Our findings suggest that it may not be necessary for physicians to lower the threshold of head CT in HD+ESRD patients after HI. In the HD+ESRD elderly, a subgroup more sensitive to ICH, the criteria for head CT need not be different from those of the general population. This evidence should be valuable for establishing future guidelines for managing HI and may reduce medical costs by reducing the number of head CTs done, especially in the elderly.

Heparin has a short half-life of about one hour [14], which might be the most important reason that the risk for ICH does not rise after HI. One meta-analysis [15] suggests that using heparin use during dialysis does not significantly increase the risk of bleeding. Another study [16] reported that access-related bleeding was the most common in patients on HD [16]. Major bleeding related to heparin such as brain, gastrointestinal tract, and pericardium are uncommon, except for patient-specific reasons [16]. Heparin is commonly administered as a bolus injection before dialysis begins, and is then continuously infused during the dialysis treatment [17]. Before the end of dialysis, heparin infusions are typically stopped for approximately 30 min [16]. This procedure permits prompt hemostasis after the access needles have been removed [16]. It also protects patients from being exposed to a bleeding risk after HD.

There are no published studies about ICH after HI in HD+ESRD patients. However, the published studies about the risk of non-traumatic ICH in HD patients have controversial results. In one Japanese study [18], HTN and the amount of HD prescribed were the risk factors, but anticoagulation with heparin was not. A study based on the US Renal Data System [19] showed that the occurrence rate of non-traumatic subdural hematoma in long-term HD patients is 10 times higher than that of the general population. The author concluded that it may be related to a greater use of anticoagulants in long-term HD patients; however, the study focused only on subdural hematoma and did not include patients with other types of ICH, such as subarachnoid, intracerebral, and epidural hemorrhages. In addition, it enrolled patients with traumatic and with non-traumatic ICH, which is different from our goal for traumatic ICH.

Bleeding is also a great concern in HD patients who need surgery. However, studies on this topic are also inconsistent. In two studies [20, 21], there was no greater incidence of bleeding in dialysis patients undergoing a vitrectomy for diabetic retinopathy. In a study about non-cardiac surgeries [22], HD patients had a risk for postoperative bleeding 1.4 times higher than that of non-HD patients. Although there are no randomized prospective studies, it is unlikely that individuals whose ESRD is well managed with HD would have a greater risk for clinically significant bleeding, even from multiple dental extractions.

Our study showed that the incidence of ICH in elderly HD+ESRD patients was no higher than in elderly HD−ESRD patients. Age is a risk factor for ICH, even in mild HI. In the Canadian CT Head Rule [11] and New Orleans Criteria [10], the elderly have a greater risk of clinically significant lesions that require acute neurosurgical intervention or prolonged inpatient observation [23, 24]. Early CT scanning, where it is available, is strongly indicated [23, 24].

Our study showed that HD+ESRD patients had more comorbidities but a lower risk of immediate ICH after HI than did HD-ESRD patients. Immediate ICH after HI always comes from a more severe trauma mechanism [25, 26]. HD+ESRD patients are more sedentary than HD-ESRD patients due to lowered hemoglobin level, lower extremity muscle strength, and poor physical functioning [27]. Therefore, more sedentary life style may contribute to a lower risk of immediate ICH after HI in HD+ESRD patients.

There are several limitations to this study. First, there was no information on the severity of ICH or HI; therefore, we were unable evaluate the severity association between them. Second, some important drugs such as warfarin and aspirin were not investigated; therefore, we were unable to adjust for these variables as contributing factors in this study. Third, some HD+ESRD patients used heparin-free protocol during HD. However, the proportion was small [28] and might not affect the final result of this large-scale study. Finally, despite our database being national, our findings may not be generalizable to other nations.

Conclusions

This is the first nationwide population-based study to clarify that HD+ESRD patients have no greater risk of ICH after HI than do HD−ESRD patients, regardless of age. In the immediate ICH analysis, HD+ESRD patients showed a lower risk than did HD−ESRD patients. Therefore, it may not necessary for physicians to lower the threshold of head CT in HD+ESRD patients after HI.

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported by grants CMFHR10433 from the Chi-Mei Medical Center. This study is based in part on data from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database provided by the National Health Insurance Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare, and managed by the National Health Research Institutes (Registered number NHIRD-100-057, NHIRD-102-024). The interpretation and conclusions contained herein do not represent those of the National Health Insurance Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare, or National Health Research Institutes. We thank Bill Franke for his editorial assistance and invaluable advice. Bill Franke is self-employed.

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Chi-Mei Medical Center, 901 Zhonghua Road, Yongkang District, Tainan City, 710, Taiwan

    Hsin-Hung Chen, Chien-Chin Hsu, Hung-Jung Lin & Chien-Cheng Huang

  2. Department of Biotechnology, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Tainan, Taiwan

    Chien-Chin Hsu & Hung-Jung Lin

  3. Department of Healthcare Administration and Medical Informatics, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

    Shih-Feng Weng

  4. Department of Emergency Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Hung-Jung Lin

  5. Department of Medical Research, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan

    Jhi-Joung Wang

  6. Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

    How-Ran Guo & Chien-Cheng Huang

  7. Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan

    How-Ran Guo

  8. Department of Occupational Medicine, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan

    Shih-Bin Su & Chien-Cheng Huang

  9. Department of Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Management, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Tainan, Taiwan

    Shih-Bin Su

  10. Department of Medical Research, Chi Mei Medical Center, Liouying, Tainan, Taiwan

    Shih-Bin Su

  11. Department of Child Care and Education, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Tainan, Taiwan

    Chien-Cheng Huang

  12. Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan

    Chien-Cheng Huang

  13. Department of Emergency Medicine, Cathay General Hospital, No. 280, Sec. 4, Ren’ai Road, Da’an District, Taipei City, 106, Taiwan

    Jiann-Hwa Chen

  14. Fu Jen Catholic University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

    Jiann-Hwa Chen

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HHC, CC Huang, and JHC collected, analyzed, and interpreted the data and drafted the manuscript. SFW extracted the data from the NHI databases, did the statistical analyses, and revised the manuscript. CC Hsu, HJL, JJW, HRG, and SBS provided clinical experience and revised the manuscript. CC Huang and JHC conceived the study, participated in the design, supervised the conduct of the study, and helped draft the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Chen, HH., Hsu, CC., Weng, SF. et al. Hemodialysis with end-stage renal disease did not raise the risk of intracranial hemorrhage after a head injury. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 23, 82 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13049-015-0168-1

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