Benefits of the tranexamic acid in head trauma with no extracranial bleeding: a prospective follow-up of 180 patients.
Olfa Chakroun-WalhaAmal SametMouna JerbiAbdennour NasriAziza TalbiHassen KanounBasma SouissiKamilia ChtaraMounir BouazizHichem KsibiNoureddine RekikPublished in: European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society (2018)
TXA is an interesting treatment in haemorrhagic shock. Its efficiency in head trauma is still debated and controversial. Its impact on the mortality and the needs of transfusion or surgery were not demonstrated in this study. Nevertheless, its safety worth to be studied in larger samples as we found a higher rate of pulmonary embolism in the treated group.
Keyphrases
- pulmonary embolism
- newly diagnosed
- end stage renal disease
- inferior vena cava
- ejection fraction
- minimally invasive
- chronic kidney disease
- optic nerve
- cardiac surgery
- prognostic factors
- cardiovascular events
- type diabetes
- internal carotid artery
- patient reported outcomes
- acute kidney injury
- trauma patients
- acute coronary syndrome
- combination therapy
- smoking cessation
- middle cerebral artery