Tranexamic acid use in severely injured civilian patients and the effects on outcomes a prospective cohort study

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 390-394

  Cole, Elaine ^a   Davenport, Ross ^a   Willett, Keith ^b   Brohi, Karim ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hemorrhage; Hypoperfusion; Mortality; Organ failure; Outcomes; Shock; Tranexamic acid

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE; TRANEXAMIC ACID; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRECIPITATE; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT SCORE; SURVIVAL; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEMORRHAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC; TRANEXAMIC ACID; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925283438     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000717     Document Type: Article

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