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Journal Club - Tranexamic Acid in Trauma

Downeast Emergency Medicine

MI or stroke). One also has to keep in mind that this study occurred at Level 1 trauma centers and may not be applicable in critical access hospitals or lower leveled trauma centers. TXA does not increase the incidence of thromboembolic events such as DVT/PE, stroke, or MI. in the TXA group and 9.9%

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

ACEP Now

5 Patients with acute ischemic strokes, STEMIs, and trauma, as well as many other diagnoses, have their workup largely completed, and even sometimes definitive therapy executed, before they leave the emergency department, rather than requiring inpatient units.