Anti-fibrinolytic Agents in Traumatic Haemorrhage
Author(s): Tim Coats | Beverley Hunt | Ian Roberts | Haleema ShakurJournal: Calicut Medical Journal ISSN 0972-9518
Volume: 3; Issue: 1; Start page: e1; Date: 2005;
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ABSTRACT
A large scale randomised controlled trial is needed. For people at ages 5 to 45 years, trauma is second only to HIV/AIDS as a cause of death. Each year, worldwide, over three million people die as a result of trauma, many after reaching hospital. Among trauma patients who do survive to reach hospital, exsanguination is a common cause of death, accounting for nearly half of in-hospital trauma deaths. Central nervous system injury and multi-organ failure account for most of the remainder, both of which can be exacerbated by severe bleeding.
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