Can intravenous injection of tranexamic acid be used in routine practice with active management of the third stage of labor in vaginal delivery? A randomized controlled study

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 407-413

  Gungorduk, Kemal ^a   Asicioǧlu, Osman ^b   Yildirim, Gokhan ^b   Ark, Cemal ^b   Tekirdaǧ, Aliismet ^b   Besimoglu, Berhan ^b  

^a Mardin Women and Children Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Teaching and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

postpartum vaginal blood loss; third and fourth stages of labor; tranexamic acid

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; OXYTOCIN; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG FEVER; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR MANAGEMENT; LABOR STAGE; LABOR STAGE 3; LABOR STAGE 4; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; NEWBORN CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHIVERING; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOSIS; UMBILICAL CORD CLAMPING; UMBILICAL CORD TRACTION; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VOMITING;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; ADULT; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, THIRD; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; TRANEXAMIC ACID; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877795006     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1326986     Document Type: Article

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