Effectiveness and safety of tranexamic acid administration during total knee arthroplasty

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-44

  Lozano, M ^a,c   Basora, M ^a   Peidro, L ^a   Merino, I ^a   Segur, J M ^a   Pereira, A ^a   Salazar, F ^a   Cid, J ^b   Lozano, L ^a   Mazzara, R ^a   Macule, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI JOAN XXIII   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion alternatives; Total knee arthroplasty; Tranexamic acid

Indexed keywords

TRANEXAMIC ACID;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DRUG TOXICITY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANEXAMIC ACID; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44849136778     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2008.01045.x     Document Type: Article

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