A major BMJ trial in China found that prophylactic tranexamic acid reduces postpartum hemorrhage by 15% in women with placenta previa undergoing cesarean delivery, dropping rates from 35.1% to 29.7%.
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How one drug could lower dangerous bleeding in high-risk cesarean births

1,694 Pregnant Women Trial participants
15% Hemorrhage reduction
No Increase Adverse effects
19 Women Number needed to treat
19 NNT
1,694 women in trial