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Mechanism of action of tranexamic acid in bleeding trauma patients: an exploratory analysis of data from the CRASH-2 trial

INTRODUCTION: To investigate the mechanism of action of tranexamic acid (TXA) in bleeding trauma patients, we examined the timing of its effect on mortality. We hypothesised that if TXA reduces mortality by decreasing blood loss, its effect should be greatest on the day of the injury when bleeding i...

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Autores principales: Roberts, Ian, Prieto-Merino, David, Manno, Daniela
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4277654/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25498484
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13054-014-0685-8