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Clinical Trials Unit - Global Health Trials Group retweeted
Is there a link between episiotomy & severe bleeding in women with #anaemia?
In the first study to explore this relationship, the WOMAN-2 Trial reveals new evidence showing #episiotomy is an additional risk for life-threatening bleeding.
Read more 👉 lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/news/…
ALT Quote by Judith Lieber on a pink background that reads “Our study highlights that practices such as episiotomy should not be done unless absolutely necessary for the welfare of the mother or baby.”
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Clinical Trials Unit - Global Health Trials Group retweeted
🎉2025: that's a wrap!
👋 Meet the I'M WOMAN Trial teams in Nigeria, Pakistan and Tanzania who have recruited over 24,000 women in one year.
✨ See you all in 2026!
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New @NICEComms draft guidance set to widen tranexamic acid use in England & Wales.
The guidance aims to help reduce the need for transfusions & shorten hospital stays - something teams in the CTU @LSHTM have continued to advocate for.
Info 👉 medscape.com/viewarticle/nic…
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We recently had the pleasure of visiting the @IOWNHS team down in the Isle of Wight.
The hospital and ambulance service are integrated into a single NHS trust, facilitating the fantastic rate of #CRASH4trial recruitment on the island.
Thank you for your hospitality 🧡
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Clinical Trials Unit - Global Health Trials Group retweeted
TXA administration within 3 hours of mild TBI with intracranial bleeding & moderate TBI is cost-effective in reducing head injury-related deaths in low-middle-income/high-income settings #GEMLRtoparticles @HaleemaShakur @drRizwanaCh @GlobalHealthBMJ @AfJEM gh.bmj.com/content/5/9/e0027…
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.@LSHTM has a range of in-person and online programmes to help health professionals gain the knowledge, skills and networks to improve health worldwide.
Learn more at our November Open Events.
Book now bit.ly/3IULCJ1
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Clinical Trials Unit - Global Health Trials Group retweeted
Too many women continue to die from severe bleeding after #birth🤰
We welcome the announcement of #WorldPPHDay & hope to see momentum drive awareness, action + accountability to tackle PPH!
Watch Zalka & Shaban's story👇to understand how PPH can impact women & their families
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Missed our Summer Newsletter?👀
Click the link below to see what our incredible teams all over the UK have been up to 💊💉🩸
url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com…
#CRASH4trial
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💊✨ Over the summer, Professor Ian Roberts hosted a webinar tracing the storyline and progress of tranexamic acid (#TXA) across medicine.
Catch up on the full discussion here ▶️ piped.video/watch?v=Q5-xCXK_…
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Today is #WorldContraceptionDay.
🤰 #Anaemia is an important risk factor for adverse birth outcomes, and appropriate birth spacing and family planning could help address this.
Empowered women = healthier lives.
#ReproductiveHealth #FamilyPlanning
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🚑 August was another strong month for the #CRASH4trial – thank you to all our amazing sites for keeping recruitment momentum high! 🧡
#TXA #NIHRtrials
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Clinical Trials Unit - Global Health Trials Group retweeted
🎉20,000 participants recruited to the I’M WOMAN trial!
We’re one step closer to seeing if IM tranexamic acid can reduce life-threatening bleeding after childbirth.
Huge thanks to our teams in 🇳🇬 🇹🇿 🇵🇰 and to every mother who has participated.
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Craig at South Central Ambulance Service ( @SCAS999 ) recently recruited their 500th patient to the #CRASH4trial. What a fantastic milestone and such a huge contribution to the trial 🧡
You've come a very long way since your 1st patient in June 2021! Well done team ⭐️
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Congratulations to Margaret and the team at University Hospital Coventry @nhsuhcw - fantastic to see such an increase in recruitment. Keep up the amazing work 👏
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August was the busiest month on record for the #CRASH4trial at London Ambulance Service @Ldn_Ambulance, with 17 patients randomised - thank you to all dedicated paramedics 💚🧡
...Will September be as successful?! 👀
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Thank you to the fab team at @KettGeneral, having reached the 90 patients recruited milestone - your contribution to the #CRASH4trial is valued ⭐️🧡⭐️
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👏 Congratulations to Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital @RDEhospitals for reaching 10 patients recruited into the #CRASH4trial!
Brilliant contribution to emergency care research — thank you team #TXA
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We woke up this morning to the *FANTASTIC* news that 3,000 patients have been recruited to the #CRASH4trial 🚀
We are so grateful to every single individual that has contributed to this milestone, from paramedics, clinicians and nurses - your work is appreciated🧡
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Huge well done to Sarafina and the team at Good Hope Hospital @uhbtrust, for recruiting 75 patients to the #CRASH4trial.
Thank you for your work
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