Comparing efficacy of three methods of tranexamic acid administration in reducing hemoglobin drop following total knee arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1521-1524

  Sarzaeem, Mohammad Mahdi ^a   Razi, Mohammad ^b   Kazemian, Gholamhosein ^a   Moghaddam, Mohammad Emami ^a   Rasi, Alireza Manafi ^a   Karimi, Meysam ^c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hemoglobin drop; Intra articular injection; Intravenous injection; Total knee arthroplasty; Tranexamic acid

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DROP; HUMAN; JOINT SWELLING; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION CARE; SKIN NECROSIS; SURGICAL WOUND; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRAIN; WOUND DRAINAGE; WOUND IRRIGATION;

HEMOGLOBIN DROP; INTRA-ARTICULAR INJECTION; INTRAVENOUS INJECTION; TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

AGED; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANEXAMIC ACID; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84905094609     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2014.02.031     Document Type: Article

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