TY - JOUR AU - Roberts, Ian AU - Coats, Timothy AU - Edwards, Phil AU - Gilmore, Ian AU - Jairath, Vipul AU - Ker, Katharine AU - Manno, Daniela AU - Shakur, Haleema AU - Stanworth, Simon AU - Veitch, Andrew PY - 2014 DA - 2014/11/19 TI - HALT-IT - tranexamic acid for the treatment of gastrointestinal bleeding: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial JO - Trials SP - 450 VL - 15 IS - 1 AB - Gastrointestinal bleeding is a common emergency that causes substantial mortality worldwide. Acute upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding accounts for about 75,000 hospital admissions each year in the UK and causes the death of about 10% of these patients. SN - 1745-6215 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-15-450 DO - 10.1186/1745-6215-15-450 ID - Roberts2014 ER -