‘Vaccine against trauma death’: Injecting a drug that promotes blood clotting at the scene of the injury could save thousands of accident victims’ lives Tranexamic acid is a drug currently used to stop bleeding in trauma patients At present it is administered via an intravenous line — which is fiddly to set up British and French experts … Read more
Every Covid-19 patient who has died of the disease shows signs of blood clotting, a leading scientist has claimed. Professor Graham Cooke, an infectious disease specialist at Imperial College London, has analysed post-mortems of patients who have succumbed to the life-threatening illness. Results showed ‘very clearly’ that all Covid-19 patients had some form of thrombosis, … Read more
Every Covid-19 patient who has died of the disease shows signs of blood clotting, a leading scientist has claimed. Professor Graham Cooke, an infectious disease specialist at Imperial College London, has analysed post-mortems of patients who have succumbed to the life-threatening illness. Results showed ‘very clearly’ that all Covid-19 patients had some form of thrombosis, … Read more
Coronavirus may cause an increased risk of blood clots and blockages in the brain and could lead to a stroke, according to a new study by University College London. The small study focused on six patients with confirmed COVID-19 who had suffered a stroke caused by the sudden loss of blood circulation to the brain. … Read more