Introduction of a standardised protocol, including systematic use of tranexamic acid, for management of severe adult trauma patients in a low-resource setting: the MSF experience from Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Introduction of a standardised protocol, including systematic use of tranexamic acid, for management of severe adult trauma patients in a low-resource setting: the MSF experience from Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Abstract Background Bleeding is an important cause of death in trauma victims. In 2010, the CRASH-2 study, a multicentre randomized control trial on the effect of tranexamic acid (TXA) administration to trauma patients with suspected significant bleeding, reported a decreased mortality in randomized...

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Main Authors: Alessandro Jachetti, Rose Berly Massénat, Nathalie Edema, Sophia C. Woolley, Guido Benedetti, Rafael Van Den Bergh, Miguel Trelles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-10-01
Series:BMC Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
Trauma
Tranexamic acid
Emergency room
Low-resource setting
Haiti
Medécins sans Frontières
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12873-019-0266-x

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