Tranexamic acid–an old drug still going strong and making a revival

L Tengborn, M Blombäck, E Berntorp - Thrombosis research, 2015 - Elsevier
Experience with tranexamic acid, an indirect fibrinolytic inhibitor, started as soon as it was
released from Shosuke Okamoto's lab in the early 1960s. It was first prescribed to females …

Investigational agents for treatment of traumatic brain injury

Y Xiong, Y Zhang, A Mahmood… - Expert opinion on …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of death and disability worldwide.
To date, there are no pharmacologic agents proven to improve outcomes from TBI because …

The efficacy of tranexamic acid in hip hemiarthroplasty surgery: an observational cohort study

C Lee, R Freeman, M Edmondson, BA Rogers - Injury, 2015 - Elsevier
Tranexamic acid (TXA) has been shown to reduce perioperative blood loss in elective lower
limb arthroplasty surgery. There are potentially even greater physiological benefits in …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying the healthcare costs of treating severely bleeding major trauma patients: a national study for England

HE Campbell, EA Stokes, DN Bargo, N Curry, FE Lecky… - Critical Care, 2015 - Springer
Introduction Severely bleeding trauma patients are a small proportion of the major trauma
population but account for 40% of all trauma deaths. Healthcare resource use and costs are …

[HTML][HTML] Cellular therapies in trauma and critical care medicine: forging new frontiers

S Pati, M Pilia, JM Grimsley, AT Karanikas, B Oyeniyi… - Shock, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Trauma is a leading cause of death in both military and civilian populations worldwide.
Although medical advances have improved the overall morbidity and mortality often …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of the National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment programme, 2003-13: a multimethod evaluation.

S Guthrie, T Bienkowska-Gibbs, C Manville… - Health Technology …, 2015 - europepmc.org
Background The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology
Assessment (HTA) programme supports research tailored to the needs of NHS decision …

Use of viscoelastic haemostatic assay in emergency and elective surgery

MCF Yeung, SYT Tong, PYW Tong… - Hong Kong Medical …, 2015 - hub.hku.hk
Objectives: To review the current evidence for the use of viscoelastic haemostatic assays in
different surgical settings including trauma, cardiac surgery, liver transplantation, as well as …

The lost art of whole blood transfusion in austere environments

G Strandenes, TA Hervig, CK Bjerkvig… - Current sports …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
The optimal resuscitation fluid for uncontrolled bleeding and hemorrhagic shock in both pre-
and in-hospital settings has been an ongoing controversy for decades. Hemorrhage …

Emergency department evaluation and treatment of acute hip and thigh pain

MJ Stein, C Kang, V Ball - Emergency Medicine Clinics, 2015 - emed.theclinics.com
Hip and thigh pain are common presentations to the emergency department (ED). Etiologies
range from benign to life threatening, and disposition varies from outpatient follow-up to …

[HTML][HTML] Ингибиторы фибринолиза в терапии аномального маточного кровотечения пубертатного периода

ЕВ Уварова, ИА Сальникова - Репродуктивное здоровье детей и …, 2015 - cyberleninka.ru
Ингибиторы фибринолиза в терапии аномального маточного кровотечения
пубертатного периода В статье приводится теоретическое и практическое …