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Journal Club - Tranexamic Acid in Trauma

Downeast Emergency Medicine

2][3] If earlier treatment with TXA is better, would there be benefit in its administration in the prehospital setting? It has not been until recently that the use of TXA in traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been studied. Association between prehospital tranexamic acid administration and outcomes of severe traumatic brain injury.

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Emergency Medicine Deserves to “Re-Brand” Itself as a Cost Saver

ACEP Now

Now, many PID patients are treated and released after ED administration of appropriate antibiotics to eradicate possible infection by Neisseria gonorrhea and Chlamydia trachomatis , often with added treatment for anaerobic microbes. Comparison of the Canadian CT head rule and the New Orleans criteria in patients with minor head injury.