CRASH-2 (Clinical Randomisation of an Antifibrinolytic in Significant Haemorrhage) intracranial bleeding study: the effect of tranexamic acid in traumatic brain injury - a nested randomised, placebo-controlled trial
Perel P, Al-Shahi Salman R, Kawahara T, Morris Z, Prieto-Merino D, Roberts I, Sandercock P, Shakur H, Wardlaw J
Record ID 32010000303
English
Authors' recommendations:
Study to evaluate the effect of tranexamic acid in traumatic brain injury patients found that neither moderate benefits nor moderate harmful effects can be excluded and that, although uncertainty remains, tranexamic administration might improve outcome in traumatic brain injury patients.
Details
Project Status:
Completed
Year Published:
2012
URL for published report:
http://www.hta.ac.uk/2096
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
England, United Kingdom
MeSH Terms
- Intracranial Hemorrhages
- Tranexamic Acid
Contact
Organisation Name:
NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme
Contact Address:
NIHR Journals Library, National Institute for Health and Care Research, Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, Alpha House, University of Southampton Science Park, Southampton SO16 7NS, UK
Contact Name:
journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
Contact Email:
journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
Copyright:
2012 Queen's Printer and Controller of HMSO
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