Tranexamic acid in decreasing blood loss during and after caesarean section

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 459-462

  Shahid, Afshan ^a   Khan, Ayesha ^a  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Blood loss; Caesarean section; Tranexamic acid

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; PLACEBO; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; PLACENTAL DELIVERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URINALYSIS; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

ADULT; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CESAREAN SECTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANEXAMIC ACID; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880733004     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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