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Does global brain atrophy increase risk for intracranial bleed after fall in older adults?

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Neurology · Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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It depends on the location of the hemorrhage. Subdural bleeding/hematoma is much more likely in elderly people with brain atrophy and a fall. Epidural hemorrhage is much more common in young patients. Intracerebral hemorrhage is more related to risk factors such as hypertension in middle age and amy...

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