The association between tranexamic acid and convulsive seizures after cardiac surgery: A multivariate analysis in 11 529 patients

Anaesthesia

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 124-130

  Sharma, V ^a   Katznelson, R ^a   Jerath, A ^a   Garrido Olivares, L ^a   Carroll, J ^a   Rao, V ^a   Wasowicz, M ^a   Djaiani, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANEXAMIC ACID;

AGED; AORTA CLAMPING; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEEP HYPOTHERMIC CIRCULATORY ARREST; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

EID: 84892804137     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.12516     Document Type: Article

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