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Journal Club - Tranexamic Acid in Trauma

Downeast Emergency Medicine

CRASH-3 TRIAL COLLABORATORS This international, multi-center, randomized, placebo-controlled trial looked at the effects of TXA on head injury-related death, disability, and adverse events in adult patients with TBI. The primary outcome was head injury-related death in-hospital within 28 days of injury.

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Trauma Resuscitation Updates

RebelEM

Ann Emerg Med 2017 [6] This was a retrospective database review of 7521 traumatic brain injury patients SBP target ≥90mmHg resulted in a mortality of 7.8% Association of out-of- hospital hypotension depth and duration with traumatic brain injury mortality. vs SBP target <90mmHg which resulted in a mortality of 33.4%