The use of tranexamic acid to reduce blood loss during total knee arthroplasty

Knee

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 375-377

  Hynes, M ^a,b   Calder, P ^a   Scott, G ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Haemoglobin level; Knee arthroplasty; Tranexamic acid

Indexed keywords

TRANEXAMIC ACID;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 0242391229     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0160(03)00044-9     Document Type: Article

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