txa Archives

Tick. Tock. It’s Time For a TXA Update

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,...

Effects of a high-dose 24-h infusion of tranexamic acid on death and thromboembolic events in patients with acute gastrointestinal bleeding (HALT-IT): an international randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

by Hans Rosenberg | Sep 28, 2020 | Full Article, Gastroenterology, Journal Club

Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 4/5 HALT-IT Trial Collaborators. Lancet. 2020 Jun 20;395(10241):1927-1936 Questions and Methods: This was an international, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with the objective to quantify the effect of TXA on death due to...

Crashing through the snow, reviewing the CRASH-3 trial

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...

Evaluating Effectiveness of Nasal Compression With Tranexamic Acid Compared With Simple Nasal Compression and Merocel Packing: A Randomized Controlled Trial

by Hans Rosenberg | Oct 14, 2019 | ENT, Journal Club

Methodology Score: 2.5/5 Usefulness Score: 2.5/5 Akkan S, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2019 Jul;74(1):72-78 Question and Methods: Prospective RCT comparing compression with saline, compression with tranexamic acid, and nasal packing with merocel for anterior epistaxis....

Tranexamic acid for hyperacute primary IntraCerebral Haemorrhage (TICH-2): an international randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 superiority trial.

by Hans Rosenberg | Mar 18, 2019 | Critical Care, Full Article, Journal Club, landmark, Neurosurgery

Journal Club Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 3/5 Sprigg N, et al. Lancet. 2018 May 26;391(10135):2107-2115 Question and Methods: Multicenter, double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled trial comparing if IV TXA vs placebo, given within 8h of spontaneous...