25th June 2023

A 92-year-old patient presents with low GCS, vomiting and has signs of a head injury. He has a past medical history of recent hip replacement

A 92-year-old patient presents with low GCS, vomiting and has signs of a head injury. He has a past medical history of recent hip replacement, osteoarthritis, atrial fibrillation, and hypertension. He is currently taking dabigatran, amlodipine, and simvastatin. The CT scan is reported as follows: “There is a crescent-shaped homogeneously hyperdense extra-axial collection over the right frontotemporal region. There is no associated skull fracture.”

Which of the following options is the single most important medication to consider?