Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: A Large Randomised Placebo Controlled Trial Among Trauma Patients With, or at Risk of, Significant Haemorrhage, of the Effects of Antifibrinolytic Treatment on Death and Transfusion Requirement
Brief Summary: CRASH 2 is a large pragmatic randomised placebo controlled trial of the effects of the early administration of the antifibrinolytic agent tranexamic acid on death, vascular events and transfusion requirements. Adults with trauma who are within 8 hours of injury and have either significant haemorrhage, or who are considered to be at risk of significant haemorrhage, are eligible if the responsible doctor is for any reason substantially uncertain whether or not to use an antifibrinolytic agent. Numbered drug or placebo packs will be available in each participating emergency department. Randomisation will involve calling a 24-hour freecall randomisation service. The call should last only a minute or two and at the end of it the randomisation service will specify which numbered treatment pack to use. For hospitals where telephone randomisation is not feasible, randomisation will be by taking the next consecutively numbered treatment pack. No extra tests are required but a short form must be completed one month later or on discharge or on death (whichever occurs first).


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

All trauma patients with ongoing significant haemorrhage (systolic blood pressure less than 90 mmHg and/or heart rate more than 110 beats per minute), or who are considered to be at risk of significant haemorrhage, and are within 8 hours of the injury, are eligible for trial entry if they appear to be at least 16 years old. Although entry is allowed up to 8 hours from injury, the earlier that patients can be treated the better.

Exclusion Criteria:

The fundamental eligibility criterion is the responsible doctor's 'uncertainty' as to whether or not to use an antifibrinolytic agent in a particular adult with traumatic haemorrhage. Patients for whom the responsible doctor considers there is a clear indication for antifibrinolytic therapy should not be randomised. Likewise, patients for whom there is considered to be a clear contraindication to antifibrinolytic therapy (such as, perhaps, those who have clinical evidence of a thrombotic disseminated intravascular coagulation) should not be randomised. Where the responsible doctor is substantially uncertain as to whether or not to use an antifibrinolytic, all these patients are eligible for randomisation and should be considered for the trial. There are no other pre-specified exclusion criteria
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* informed consent
* Patients undergoing primary CABG or Aortic valve replacement surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

* Previous sternotomy
* OPCAB surgery
* urgent/emergency operation
* Coumadin treatment
* previous aprotinin exposure
* preoperative renal impairment (Creatinine \> 2 mg/dL)
* patients refusing blood transfusions
* no informed consent
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* Diagnosis of spondylosis, pseudoarthrosis, kyphoscoliosis, or acquired or congenital spine deformity
* Willing to undergo elective spinal surgery by a participating surgeon; eligible procedures include the following: spine osteotomy, arthrodesis, instrumentation and/or corpectomy, surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis, or surgery for degenerative disc disease

Exclusion Criteria:

* Requires urgent or emergent surgery
* Has kidney failure that requires dialysis
* Has a known bleeding diathesis, defined as a documented history of an inherited bleeding disorder (e.g., hemophilia or von Willebrand's disease) OR prothrombin time ratio greater than 1.5 seconds OR a documented previous arterial or venous thrombosis within 1 year of study entry
* Pregnant
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patient requiring surgery for an isolated hip fracture of less than 48 hours

Exclusion Criteria:

* Contraindication to tranexamic acid
* Contraindication to fondaparinux
* Contraindication to general anesthesia associated with a femoral nerve block
* pregnancy

Answer: A