The effect of tourniquet application, tranexamic acid, and desmopressin on the procoagulant and fibrinolytic systems during total knee replacement

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 509-513

  Ellis, Martin H ^a   Fredman, Brian ^a   Zohar, Edna ^a   Ifrach, Nisim ^a   Jedeikin, Robert ^a,b  

^a Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care ^*

^b MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fibrinolysis, thrombin generation; Pharmacology: desmopressin, tranexamic acid; Surgery: total knee replacement, tourniquet application

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; DESMOPRESSIN; FIBRINOGEN; PLASMIN; PLASMINOGEN; PROTHROMBIN; THROMBIN; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TOURNIQUET;

AGED; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD COAGULATION; DEAMINO ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; MALE; THROMBIN; TOURNIQUETS; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

EID: 0034749975     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(01)00319-1     Document Type: Article

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