Which route of tranexamic acid administration is more effective to reduce blood loss following total knee arthroplasty?

Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 65-69

  Keyhani, Sohrab ^a   Esmailiejah, Ali Akbar ^a   Abbasian, Mohammad Reza ^a   Safdari, Farshad ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blood loss; Blood transfusion; Hemoglobin; Route of administration; Total knee arthroplasty; Tranexamic acid

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 84968538142     PISSN: 23454644     EISSN: 2345461X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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