ArticleAnnals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches2021
Effectiveness and Safety of Tranexamic Acid Use in Acute Traumatic Injury in the Prehospital and In-hospital Settings: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
Article in Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prehospital tranexamic acid in trauma patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Strengthening trauma care in low- and middle-income countries through guideline adaptation and scalable system reforms.World journal of methodology · 2026Review
- A worldwide cross-sectional survey seeks the current global practice patterns on perioperative management in elective shoulder replacement surgery.JSES international · 2026Article
- Mortality Benefit of Tranexamic Acid for Hemorrhage With Concurrent Traumatic Brain Injury: Outcomes From a Prospective Cohort Study in a High-Trauma, Prolonged Care Setting.World journal of surgery · 2026Article
- Tranexamic acid in multiply injured patients-the independent risk of thromboembolic complications with repeated dosing: retrospective analysis based on the TraumaRegister DGU®.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Is Topical Tranexamic Acid Effective in Reducing Hematoma and Seroma in Breast Surgery? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background and Objectives: This systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) aims to assess efficacy and safety of tranexamic acid (TXA) use in acute traumatic injuries. Methods: PubMed and Cochrane libraries were searched for relevant RCTs published between January 2011 and January 3, 2021. Cohen's Q Test for heterogeneous effects was used to determine the appropriateness of fixed versus random effects models. Results: Twenty-two studies met inclusion criteria. Meta-analysis of relative risk of mortality between treatment and placebo groups in the in-hospital, and perioperative settings was not significant. However, the risk of mortality is significantly lower in the treatment versus placebo group when TXA was given as loading dose only. Ten of the 11 studies evaluating perioperative use of TXA included in systematic review found significantly lower blood loss in the treatment compared with placebo groups, but results of meta-analysis showed no significant difference. Results of meta-analysis indicate that the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in the in-hospital treatment group is greater than that of the placebo. In subset analysis of studies using only a single loading dose, there were no significant differences in VTE. Conclusions: Systematic review supports TXA benefits are most evident when given shortly after injury and meta-analysis supports TXA reduces mortality as a single loading dose. Systematic review supports perioperative use of TXA when large volume blood loss is anticipated. Meta-results showed no significant difference in risk of thromboembolism in single-dose TXA treatment compared with placebo. These findings suggest that TXA is safe and effective for control of traumatic bleeding.
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