Tranexamic Acid Decreases Incidence of Blood Transfusion in Simultaneous Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2106-2109

  Bagsby, Deren T ^a   Samujh, Christopher A ^b   Vissing, Jacqueline L ^b   Empson, Janene A ^b   Pomeroy, Donald L ^b   Malkani, Arthur L ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Blood loss; Simultaneous bilateral; Total knee arthroplasty; Tranexamic acid; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; TRANEXAMIC ACID; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JOINT CONTRACTURE; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIBIA FRACTURE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; KNEE REPLACEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

EID: 84952877300     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2015.06.040     Document Type: Article

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