Does tranexamic acid reduce 5-day death due to bleeding in acute gastrointestinal bleed?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Foothills Medical Centre, 1403-29 St NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 2T9, Canada. zoe.polsky2@ucalgary.ca.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Foothills Medical Centre, 1403-29 St NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 2T9, Canada.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Calgary, Foothills Medical Centre, 1403-29 St NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 2T9, Canada.
⁴ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Teaching Research Wellness Building, 6D61, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4Z6, Canada.

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Zoe Polsky et al. CJEM. 2021 Mar.

. 2021 Mar;23(2):164-165.

doi: 10.1007/s43678-020-00053-z. Epub 2021 Jan 4.

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Foothills Medical Centre, 1403-29 St NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 2T9, Canada. zoe.polsky2@ucalgary.ca.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Foothills Medical Centre, 1403-29 St NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 2T9, Canada.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Calgary, Foothills Medical Centre, 1403-29 St NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 2T9, Canada.
⁴ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Teaching Research Wellness Building, 6D61, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4Z6, Canada.

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