June 2010 coverage
Effects of tranexamic acid on death, vascular occlusive events, and blood transfusion in trauma patients with significant haemorrhage (CRASH-2): a randomised, placebo-controlled trial
15 June 2010 - The Lancet
Tranexamic acid can reduce bleeding in patients undergoing elective surgery. We assessed the effects of early administration of a short course of tranexamic acid on death, vascular occlusive events, and the receipt of blood transfusion in trauma patients.
A cheap blood-clotting drug could save the lives of thousands of car crash and gun shot victims.
15 June 2010 - Mail Online
A study part-funded by the Department of Health showed that giving tranexamic acid – a drug commonly used by women with heavy periods – reduces the chance of bleeding to death by 15 per cent.
Drug will save lives of accident victims, says study
14 June 2010 - BBC
Up to 100,000 lives could be saved every year if a known drug were given to seriously bleeding trauma patients, says a report from a global trial.
‘One of the cheapest ways to save a life’
15 June 2010 - Nature.com
Thousands of lives a year could be saved worldwide if a cheap drug was given to accident victims, according to a major new study.
Cheap blood drug ‘could save 100 000 lives a year’
15 June 2010 - Times Live
A cheap and easily administered medicine which helps to stem excessive bleeding could save the lives of many thousands of accident victims across the world, British scientists say.
Accident victims could be saved by ‘cheap’ medicine
15 June 2010 - Boots Web MD
The lives of up to100,000 trauma victims worldwide could be saved each year if they were given access to a cheap, widely available and easily administered medication, according to a major investigation.
Cheap drug could save tens of thousands
14 June 2010 - Yahoo News
A cheap drug that can stop bleeding in recently injured accident patients could potentially save the lives of tens of thousands worldwide, a new study says.
Simple Injection Could Save the Lives of Thousands of Accident Victims Worldwide
14 June 2010 - AlphaGalileo
If recently injured patients with serious bleeding were to receive a cheap, widely available and easily administered drug to help their blood to clot, tens of thousands of lives could be saved every year, according to a paper published on-line today by The Lancet.
Simple Injection Could Save the Lives of Thousands of Accident Victims Worldwide
14 June 2010 - Science Daily
If recently injured patients with serious bleeding were to receive a cheap, widely available and easily administered drug to help their blood to clot, tens of thousands of lives could be saved every year, according to a paper published on-line by The Lancet.
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