Testing and Tasting

No more sticky pots and pans to wash! This homemaker\u27s dream is almost a reality

Favorite of Mice and Men

The American public consumes an average of ten pounds of cheese per person each year. If you haven\u27t been eating your share, perhaps it\u27s -time to investigate the more than 400 different kinds of cheese available in supermarkets today

Say Yes... To Entertaining!

When mother was married, having friends over for a meal was an elaborate and expensive ordeal. Our changing customs allow today\u27s bride to make her party menus more simple and less costly. As entertaining becomes more informal, so does the food. It can be as much fun for the hostess as for her guests

The Iowa Homemaker vol.37, no.7

Here’s The Way – Study Abroad, Diane Rasmussen, page 6 Your Speech Reflects You, Carole Boughton, page 7 Home Economics Grows With Pakistan, Mary Gibson, page 8 Favorite of Mice and Men, Rosalyn McBride, page 10 Have You Met Me?, Sharon Kay, page 12 We Present With Pride, Martha Burleigh, page 13 Check Your Personality, page 1

The Iowa Homemaker vol.37, no.3

What Does a Dean Do?, Dean Helen LeBaron, page 5 Concerning Friendship, Noel BreDahl, page 6 If I Were a Freshman, Orma Herman, page 7 Look Where You’re Going, Martha Glenn, page 8 The New Core, Martha Glenn, page 9 Joe Jalope, the Car Without a Friend, Carole Boughton, page 9 Testing and Tasting, Rosalyn McBride, page 10 Young Iowans Face the Future, Sandra Schnur, page 12 I Hated Physics, Diane Rasmussen, page 13 We Present with Pride, Martha Burleigh, page 16 Follow the Dotted Line, Marilyn Jones, page 2

Effects of a high-dose 24-h infusion of tranexamic acid on death and thromboembolic events in patients with acute gastrointestinal bleeding (HALT-IT): an international randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Background: Tranexamic acid reduces surgical bleeding and reduces death due to bleeding in patients with trauma. Meta-analyses of small trials show that tranexamic acid might decrease deaths from gastrointestinal bleeding. We aimed to assess the effects of tranexamic acid in patients with gastrointestinal bleeding. Methods: We did an international, multicentre, randomised, placebo-controlled trial in 164 hospitals in 15 countries. Patients were enrolled if the responsible clinician was uncertain whether to use tranexamic acid, were aged above the minimum age considered an adult in their country (either aged 16 years and older or aged 18 years and older), and had significant (defined as at risk of bleeding to death) upper or lower gastrointestinal bleeding. Patients were randomly assigned by selection of a numbered treatment pack from a box containing eight packs that were identical apart from the pack number. Patients received either a loading dose of 1 g tranexamic acid, which was added to 100 mL infusion bag of 0·9% sodium chloride and infused by slow intravenous injection over 10 min, followed by a maintenance dose of 3 g tranexamic acid added to 1 L of any isotonic intravenous solution and infused at 125 mg/h for 24 h, or placebo (sodium chloride 0·9%). Patients, caregivers, and those assessing outcomes were masked to allocation. The primary outcome was death due to bleeding within 5 days of randomisation; analysis excluded patients who received neither dose of the allocated treatment and those for whom outcome data on death were unavailable. This trial was registered with Current Controlled Trials, ISRCTN11225767, and ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT01658124. Findings: Between July 4, 2013, and June 21, 2019, we randomly allocated 12 009 patients to receive tranexamic acid (5994, 49·9%) or matching placebo (6015, 50·1%), of whom 11 952 (99·5%) received the first dose of the allocated treatment. Death due to bleeding within 5 days of randomisation occurred in 222 (4%) of 5956 patients in the tranexamic acid group and in 226 (4%) of 5981 patients in the placebo group (risk ratio [RR] 0·99, 95% CI 0·82–1·18). Arterial thromboembolic events (myocardial infarction or stroke) were similar in the tranexamic acid group and placebo group (42 [0·7%] of 5952 vs 46 [0·8%] of 5977; 0·92; 0·60 to 1·39). Venous thromboembolic events (deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism) were higher in tranexamic acid group than in the placebo group (48 [0·8%] of 5952 vs 26 [0·4%] of 5977; RR 1·85; 95% CI 1·15 to 2·98). Interpretation: We found that tranexamic acid did not reduce death from gastrointestinal bleeding. On the basis of our results, tranexamic acid should not be used for the treatment of gastrointestinal bleeding outside the context of a randomised trial

Testing and Tasting

No more sticky pots and pans to wash! This homemaker's dream is almost a reality.</p

Favorite of Mice and Men

The American public consumes an average of ten pounds of cheese per person each year. If you haven't been eating your share, perhaps it's -time to investigate the more than 400 different kinds of cheese available in supermarkets today.</p

Say Yes... To Entertaining!

When mother was married, having friends over for a meal was an elaborate and expensive ordeal. Our changing customs allow today's bride to make her party menus more simple and less costly. As entertaining becomes more informal, so does the food. It can be as much fun for the hostess as for her guests.</p

The Iowa Homemaker vol.37, no.7

Here’s The Way – Study Abroad, Diane Rasmussen, page 6 Your Speech Reflects You, Carole Boughton, page 7 Home Economics Grows With Pakistan, Mary Gibson, page 8 Favorite of Mice and Men, Rosalyn McBride, page 10 Have You Met Me?, Sharon Kay, page 12 We Present With Pride, Martha Burleigh, page 13 Check Your Personality, page 14</p