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Emerg Med J
January 2025
Academic Department of Military Emergency Medicine, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham, UK.
The early administration of tranexamic acid is recognised as significantly reducing mortality in traumatically injured patients with major haemorrhage, typically given via intravenous or intramuscular routes. In the context of mass casualty events, there may exist multiple traumatically injured casualties that would benefit from tranexamic acid, however, it's administration may be delayed through the need to establish intravenous access. Additionally, if the initial assessment of the traumatically injured casualty is undertaken by an individual who cannot administer intravenous or intramuscular medications, time to administration will be further delayed.
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January 2025
Academic Department of Military Emergency Medicine, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham, UK.
Int J Dermatol
January 2025
Division of Photobiology and Photomedicine, Department of Dermatology, Henry Ford Health, Detroit, MI, USA.
Few studies discuss the co-management of vitiligo and acquired hyperpigmentation disorders (AHD) such as melasma, erythema dyschromicum perstans, post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, drug-induced hyperpigmentation, and lichen planus pigmentosus. This review discusses clinical studies examining co-management strategies and identifies current practice gaps. Dermatology Life Quality Index scores are higher in individuals with vitiligo or melasma.
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December 2024
General Orthopedics, Midwest Bone and Joint Center, Macon, USA.
Introduction: Tranexamic acid (TXA) is an antifibrinolytic drug commonly used in total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Intravenous (IV) and topical TXA therapy have been extensively studied and shown to reduce blood loss, length of hospital stay, and blood transfusion rates following TKA. Despite the extensive literature regarding IV and topical TXA in orthopedics, there is a current dearth of studies analyzing oral usage.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Cosmet Dermatol
January 2025
Department of Dermatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
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