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JC: Tranexamic Acid for Everyone? – St.Emlyn’s

Does the benefit of tranexamic acid vary with a trauma patient’s risk of death? This 2012 journal club discusses a CRASH-2 subgroup analysis, its implications for patient selection and the uncertainties then surrounding use before arrival at hospital.

Tranexamic acid needs a make over

By Simon Carley / July 6, 2012

Why can a cheap, straightforward treatment struggle for attention alongside more dramatic interventions? Reflecting on tranexamic acid after CRASH-2 in 2012, Simon Carley questions the appeal of expensive or technically demanding therapies and asks how clinicians can close the gap between evidence and routine practice.

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