Effect of low dose tranexamic acid on intra-operative blood loss in neurosurgical patients

Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 42-48

  Vel, Ramya ^a   Udupi, Bidkar Prasanna ^a   Prakash, Munaganuri Venkata Siva Satya ^a   Adinarayanan, Sethuramachandran ^a   Mishra, Sandeep ^a   Babu, Lenin ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Intraoperative blood loss; neurosurgery; tranexamic acid

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; FIBRINOGEN; HEMOGLOBIN; PLACEBO; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925451240     PISSN: 1658354X     EISSN: 09753125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1658-354X.146304     Document Type: Article

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