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Editorial
. 2024 Feb;26(2):86-87.
doi: 10.1007/s43678-023-00642-8. Epub 2024 Jan 17.

Prehospital tranexamic acid: more than just a PATCH for trauma systems?

Sophie Gilbert  1 , Vincent Gauvin  1 , Christian Malo  1 , Pierre-Gilles Blanchard  2
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Editorial

Prehospital tranexamic acid: more than just a PATCH for trauma systems?

Sophie Gilbert et al. CJEM. 2024 Feb.
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  • Prehospital Tranexamic Acid for Severe Trauma.
    PATCH-Trauma Investigators and the ANZICS Clinical Trials Group; Gruen RL, Mitra B, Bernard SA, McArthur CJ, Burns B, Gantner DC, Maegele M, Cameron PA, Dicker B, Forbes AB, Hurford S, Martin CA, Mazur SM, Medcalf RL, Murray LJ, Myles PS, Ng SJ, Pitt V, Rashford S, Reade MC, Swain AH, Trapani T, Young PJ. PATCH-Trauma Investigators and the ANZICS Clinical Trials Group, et al. N Engl J Med. 2023 Jul 13;389(2):127-136. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2215457. Epub 2023 Jun 14. N Engl J Med. 2023. PMID: 37314244 Clinical Trial.

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