Tranexamic acid reduces intraoperative blood loss in pediatric patients undergoing scoliosis surgery

Anesthesiology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 727-732

  Sethna, Navil F ^a   Zurakowski, David ^a   Brustowicz, Robert M ^a   Bacsik, Julianne ^a   Sullivan, Lorna J ^a   Shapiro, Frederic ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; LABETALOL; MIDAZOLAM; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; THIOPENTAL; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; BINDING SITES; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYSINE; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PLASMIN; PLASMINOGEN; PLATELET COUNT; SCOLIOSIS; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

EID: 16244370709     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200504000-00006     Document Type: Article

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