Is There a Role for Tranexamic Acid in Upper GI Bleeding? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

PICO model used to define search criteria for search strategy to be used in the relevant bibliographic databases.

	I	C	O
Population	Intervention	Comparison	Outcome
Adult patients presenting with upper GI bleeding	Tranexamic acid given intravenously or by mouth	Placebo	Primary and secondary outcomes as outlined above