Trauma and severe bleeding: Tranexamic acid within one hour to reduce mortality

Prescrire International

Volumn 22, Issue 140, 2013, Pages 189-190

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; TRANEXAMIC ACID; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEAD INJURY; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INJURY; MORTALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; THROMBOSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME;

ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRANEXAMIC ACID; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84883061117     PISSN: 11677422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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