Efficacy of tranexamic acid in decreasing blood loss in elective caesarean delivery

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1014-1018

  Ahmed, Magdy Refaat ^a   Sayed Ahmed, Waleed Ali ^a   Madny, Elham Hussein ^a   Arafa, Azza Mohsen ^b   Said, Mamdouh Mahdy ^a  

^a Suez Canal University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

^b Port Fouad General Hospital   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cesarean delivery; Postpartum blood loss; Tranexamic acid

Indexed keywords

ERGOMETRINE; HEMOGLOBIN; OXYTOCIN; TRANEXAMIC ACID; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN CARE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANEXAMIC ACID; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84935413752     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2014.941283     Document Type: Article

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