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Table 3 Type of bleeding according to type of anticoagulation in the 306 patients with documented bleeding [n (%)]

From: Falls in ED patients: do elderly patients on direct oral anticoagulants bleed less than those on vitamin K antagonists?

 

VKA (n = 237)

DOAC (n = 69)

Total (n = 306)

Intracranial haemorrhage

160 (67.5)

42 (60.8)

202 (66.0)

 Epidural haemorrhage

4 (1.7)

1 (1.4)

5 (1.6)

 Subdural haemorrhage

115 (48.5)

25 (36.2)

140 (45.8)

 Intracerebral

19 (8.0)

7 (10.1)

26 (8.5)

 Subarachnoid

17 (7.2)

8 (11.6)

25 (8.2)

 Subarachnoid and subdural

16 (6.8)

6 (8.7)

22 (7.2)

 Subdural and intracerebral

6 (2.5)

1 (1.4)

7 (2.3)

 Subarachnoid and intracerebral

5 (2.1)

1 (1.4)

6 (2.0)

Abdominal bleeding

4 (1.7)

2 (2.9)

6 (2.0)

Thoracic bleeding

5 (2.1)

1 (1.4)

6 (2.0)

Arterial soft tissue haematoma

4 (1.7)

4 (5.8)

8 (2.6)

Venous soft tissue haematoma

37 (15.6)

9 (13.0)

46 (15.0)

Epistaxis

5 (2.1)

4 (5.8)

9 (2.9)

  1. Abbreviation: DOAC Direct oral anticoagulant, VKA Vitamin K antagonist