2005, Number 1
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Rev Biomed 2005; 16 (1)
Anti-fibrinolytic agents in traumatic haemorrhage.
Coats T, Hunt B, Roberts I, Shakur H
Language: English
References: 12
Page: 69-73
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A large scale randomised controlled trial is needed.
For people berween the ages of 5 and 45, trauma is second only to HIV/AIDS as a cause of death. Every year, over three million people worldwide, die as a result of trauma, many after reaching hospital. Among trauma patients who do survive and 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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