Aminocaproic acid administration is associated with reduced perioperative blood loss and transfusion in pediatric craniofacial surgery

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 158-165

  Hsu, G ^a   Taylor, J A ^b   Fiadjoe, J E ^b   Vincent, A M ^b   Pruitt, E Y ^b   Bartlett, S P ^b   Stricker, P A ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOCAPROIC ACID; FIBRINOGEN; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; PARAMETRIC TEST; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CRANIOTOMY; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY;

AMINOCAPROIC ACID; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84954078397     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aas.12608     Document Type: Article

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