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Place of tranexamic acid in modern medicine

Mahdi Al-Jeabory12, Jaroslaw Pecold3, Aleksandra Gasecka4, Lukasz Szarpak56, Wladyslaw Gawel7, Nataliia Litvinova8
DOI: 10.5603/DEMJ.a2021.0015
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Disaster Emerg Med J 2021;6(2):85-89.
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  1. Institute of Outcomes Research, Polonia University, Czestochowa, Poland
  2. Polish Society of Disaster Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
  3. Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Ruda Slaska City Hospital, Ruda Slaska, Poland
  4. 1st Chair and Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
  5. Maria Sklodowska-Curie Medical Academy in Warsaw, Poland
  6. Maria Sklodowska-Curie Bialystok Oncology Center, Bialystok, Poland
  7. Department of Surgery, The Silesian Hospital in Opava, Czech Republic
  8. European Medical School, International European University, Kiev, Ukraine

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Abstract

Massive bleedings, both internal and external, are among the leading causes of preventable deaths. The research for the appropriate treatment focuses not only on looking for the new drugs but also relies on finding the new indications for the drugs already known in the pharmacotherapy of different disease. However, such an approach requires new protocols in order to be effective. One of the substances in question is tranexamic acid, which uses due to its antifibrinolytic effect is raising both in prehospital and hospital settings.

Abstract

Massive bleedings, both internal and external, are among the leading causes of preventable deaths. The research for the appropriate treatment focuses not only on looking for the new drugs but also relies on finding the new indications for the drugs already known in the pharmacotherapy of different disease. However, such an approach requires new protocols in order to be effective. One of the substances in question is tranexamic acid, which uses due to its antifibrinolytic effect is raising both in prehospital and hospital settings.

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tranexamic acid, TXA, trauma, bleeding, hemorrhage

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Place of tranexamic acid in modern medicine

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Disaster and Emergency Medicine Journal

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Vol 6, No 2 (2021)

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Review paper

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85-89

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2021-06-28

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10.5603/DEMJ.a2021.0015

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Disaster Emerg Med J 2021;6(2):85-89.

Keywords

tranexamic acid
TXA
trauma
bleeding
hemorrhage

Authors

Mahdi Al-Jeabory
Jaroslaw Pecold
Aleksandra Gasecka
Lukasz Szarpak
Wladyslaw Gawel
Nataliia Litvinova

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