Karim Brohi

Nov 28, 2023 | emj.bmj.com | Charlotte Lindsay |Ross Davenport |Karim Brohi

Aims and Objectives Traumatic brain injury is suspected of inducing coagulopathy but the evidence to support this is conflicting. Systemic analyses in isolated TBI (ITBI) have not consistently demonstrated a functional coagulation deficit. While guidelines recognise the need to emergently reverse anticoagulant therapy, no guideline recommends routine coagulation testing in ITBI, and there are no published algorithms for treatment of any ITBI associated coagulopathy.