The effect of prehospital tranexamic acid on outcome in polytrauma patients with associated severe brain injury.

Karlijn Julia Patricia van WessemDenise JochemsLuke P H Leenen

Published in: European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society (2021)

Despite having a more deranged physiology TXA patients had similar outcome compared to no-TXA patients who were much older. Thromboembolic complication rate was low. Prehospital tranexamic acid has no evident effect on outcome in polytrauma patients with associated critical brain injury.

Keyphrases

brain injury
subarachnoid hemorrhage
end stage renal disease
cerebral ischemia
cardiac arrest
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
trauma patients
atrial fibrillation
emergency medical