Emergency medicine questions: Can tranexamic acid be used to treat upper gastrointestinal bleeds?

Plasminogen's activation to plasmin is also decreased [3] . Because of its ability to reduce bleeding, TXA is of great interest to clinicians for a wide variety of situations in which it is beneficial to reduce blood loss and transfusion requirements.

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Veröffentlicht in:The American journal of emergency medicine 2016-09, Vol.34 (9), p.1892-1893
1. Verfasser: Hu, Daniel, PharmD
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Plasminogen's activation to plasmin is also decreased [3] . Because of its ability to reduce bleeding, TXA is of great interest to clinicians for a wide variety of situations in which it is beneficial to reduce blood loss and transfusion requirements.
ISSN:0735-6757
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DOI:10.1016/j.ajem.2016.06.080