The current place of tranexamic acid in the management of bleeding

Anaesthesia

Volumn 70, Issue S1, 2015, Pages

  Hunt, B J ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; THROMBOSIS;

ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; THROMBOSIS; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

EID: 84925224772     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ANAE.12910     Document Type: Review

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