Oral anticoagulants are commonly prescribed in heart disease, geriatric patients and cases predisposed to thrombotic phenomenon. There is always a danger of haemorrhagic complications of these drugs, either spontaneous or associated with trauma. This article is of a patient on anticoagulant therapy with minor trauma to the head resulting from a road traffic accident with severe intracranial haemorrhage resulting in death.
Oral anticoagulant, Intracranial haemorrhage, Head injury, Road traffic accident
