A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of epsilon-aminocaproic acid for reducing blood loss in coronary artery bypass grafting surgery

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 216-222

  Kikura, Mutsuhito ^a,b   Levy, Jerrold H ^a   Tanaka, Kenichi A ^a   Ramsay, James G ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOCAPROIC ACID; PLACEBO; PLASMIN INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEMOGRAPHY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; THORAX DRAINAGE;

6-AMINOCAPROIC ACID; ADULT; AGED; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 30944448194     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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