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Invited Commentary: A Decade Older Polytrauma Patients Do As Well Without As the Younger Ones with Tranexamic Acid

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  1. Department of Traumatology, John Hunter Hospital and University of Newcastle, Locked Bag 1., Hunter Region Mail Centre, Newcastle, NSW, 2310, Australia

    Kate L. King & Zsolt J. Balogh

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King, K.L., Balogh, Z.J. Invited Commentary: A Decade Older Polytrauma Patients Do As Well Without As the Younger Ones with Tranexamic Acid. World J Surg 45, 3031–3032 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-021-06253-7

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