We are a little late this month but as a followup to the CRASH-2 trial journal club last month we are going to be reading MATTERs .
MATTERs (Military Application of Tranexamic acid in Trauma Emergency Resuscitation Study) was a retrospective study in military trauma patients from 2009-2010 requiring transfusion.
The study addressed a significant criticisms of the CRASH-2 Trial where only 5% of patients had bleeding as a cause of death.
Two great reads in addition to the article before starting to edit.
