Urgent Bite 43 - Tranexamic Acid in Head Injury - the Crash 3 trial

Tranexamic acid use in Head Injury - it is worth reading this recent paper from the Lancet and some of the blogs that discuss it.  

The Lancet paper (currently open access) - Crash-3

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(19)32233-0/fulltext

The Crash- 2 Trial

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23477634

The Rebel EM Blog

https://rebelem.com/crash-3-txa-for-ich/

EMLitOfNote Blog

http://www.emlitofnote.com/?p=4538

PulmCrit (EMCrit) Blog

https://emcrit.org/pulmcrit/crash3/

The BBC article

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-49977827

 

 

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