Author: Adrian Boyle / Editor: Yasmin Sultan / Reviewer: Michael Stewart / Codes: SLO1, SLO10 / Published: 03/11/2018 / Review Date: 03/11/2018
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You are reading a paper about the effect of tranexamic acid for patients who have suffered major trauma. The researchers randomly allocated tranexamic acid to 10,096 patients, and placebo to 10,115. 489 patients who received transexamic acid died from bleeding, compared to 574 patients who received placebo.
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Which of the following statements about the ‘Number Needed to Treat’ are correct?
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How many patients do you need to treat with tranexamic acid to prevent one death from bleeding in patients?
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Always Pleasure to do Statistics@RCEM
Very good case
Good learning