by Maeghan Fu, Josee Malette, Pascale King | Mar 11, 2021 | Grand Round Summaries, Hematology, Neurosurgery, Resuscitation, Trauma
Tick. Tock. It’s time for a TXA update. This blog post aims to arm you with the most up-to-date knowledge for the use of tranexamic acid (TXA) in the ED. We will review TXA in the context of gastrointestinal bleeding, traumatic brain injuries, hemoptysis,...
by Krishan Yadav | Nov 7, 2019 | Featured, Journal Club, Trauma
Dr. Krishan Yadav is an FRCPC Emergency Medicine Physician with a Masters in Clinical Epidemiology, and here he helps to provide some great insights and opinions into the recently published CRASH-3 trial. Tranexamic Acid (TXA) TXA is an inexpensive and readily...
by emottawa | Jun 16, 2015 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 2/5 Wright DW, et al.; NETT Investigators. N Engl J Med. 2014 Dec 25;371(26):2457-66 Abstract Link Complementary Article: A Clinical Trial of Progesterone for Severe Traumatic Brain...
by emottawa | Nov 25, 2013 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology score: 3/5 Usefulness score: 2/5 Thompson DO, Hurtado TR, Liao MM, Byyny RL, Gravitz C, Haukoos JS. Ann Emerg Med. 2011 Nov;58(5):417-25 Article Link This retrospective registry study demonstrated poor performance of either the...
