Effect of tranexamic acid on reducing postoperative blood loss in combined hypotensive epidural anesthesia and general anesthesia for total hip replacement

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 393-398

  Lee, Yong Cheol ^a   Park, Sang Jin ^b   Kim, Ji Seob ^a   Cho, Chul Hyun ^a  

^a Keimyung University   (South Korea)

^b Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blood loss: surgical; Hypotensive epidural anesthesia; Total hip replacement; Tranexamic acid

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VOLUME; CEMENTLESS PROSTHESIS; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRAINAGE TUBE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GAUZE DRESSING; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSIVE EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; INCIDENCE; INDUCED HYPOTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUCTION DRAINAGE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; WOUND CLOSURE;

BLOOD LOSS: SURGICAL; HYPOTENSIVE EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, CONTROLLED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

EID: 84885171843     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: 18734529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2013.02.006     Document Type: Article

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