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Development of a nurse-led tranexamic acid administration protocol for trauma patients in rural South Africa

INTRODUCTION: Administration of tranexamic acid (TXA) has been shown to effectively reduce all-cause mortality in trauma patients when given within three hours of injury. We found that many trauma patients in our hospital were not receiving TXA. This was due to a variety of factors, including late p...

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Autores principales: Wearmouth, Christopher, Smith, Jacob
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: African Federation for Emergency Medicine 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6440919/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30976502
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.afjem.2018.10.001