The Benefits of Tranexamic Acid in Surgery

The impact of tranexamic acid in elective surgery in stopping bleeding has been well studied. The biggest trial and the most significant study was crash two, which showed 28 day survival benefit for trauma patients who are at risk of bleeding. When given longer than three hours from injury, there seemed a paradoxical worsening of mortality. Only a small number of countries within the high development index category that actually had in, back in around 20 years ago, advanced trauma systems.