Early treatment with TXA could combat the effects of serious bleeding Up to 100,000 lives could be saved every year if a known drug were given to seriously bleeding trauma patients, says a report from a global trial.
The research reported in The Lancet shows that tranexamic acid (TXA), which helps blood to clot, could lower the risk of dying by 15%.
Developing countries would benefit most from this treatment, say researchers after studying 20,000 patients. Each year 600,000 injured patients bleed to death worldwide.
World Health Organisation figures show that nearly six million people die each year from injuries, which accounts for 10% of the world's deaths.
Most of those injury deaths occur in developing countries, where deaths from road traffic crashes and homicide have been steadily increasing. Almost half of those deaths are caused by bleeding.
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