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Medical Research Journal Article 2010

Effects of tranexamic acid on death, vascular occlusive events and blood transfusion in trauma patients with significant haemorrhage (CRASH-2)

CRASH-2 Trial Collaborators, Shakur H, Roberts I, et al.

The Lancet

Summary

Landmark RCT of 20,211 trauma patients across 274 hospitals in 40 countries. Tranexamic acid reduced all-cause mortality by 1.5% absolute (14.5% vs 16.0%) and death due to bleeding by nearly a third. Now standard of care in trauma and surgical settings worldwide.

Key Excerpts

All-cause mortality was significantly reduced with tranexamic acid (1463 [14.5%] vs 1613 [16.0%]; relative risk 0.91, 95% CI 0.85–0.97; p=0.0035).

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