How effective is tranexamic acid for acute gastrointestinal bleeding?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 348, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Manno, Daniela ^a   Ker, Katharine ^a   Roberts, Ian ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

BLEEDING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESPONSE; FIBRINOLYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK REDUCTION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; TRANEXAMIC ACID; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84896708291     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g1421     Document Type: Note

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