100,000 trauma patients could benefit
(NEWSER) - A drug used to slow bleeding during surgery could save the lives of scores of trauma patients if used in emergency rooms, a new study suggests. UK researchers found that the drug tranexamic acid reduced bleeding deaths among trauma patients by a sixth, HealthDay reports. As 600,000 such patients bleed to death every year worldwide, "if you could reduce that by a sixth, you've saved 100,000 lives in one year," says the lead researcher. "This is one of the cheapest ways ever to save a life." More»
