Effect of antifibrinolytic therapy on complications, thromboembolic events, blood product utilization, and fusion in adult spinal deformity surgery

Spine

Volumn 41, Issue 14, 2016, Pages E879-E886

  Soroceanu, Alex ^a   Oren, Jonathan H ^b   Smith, Justin S ^c   Hostin, Richard ^d   Shaffrey, Christopher I ^c   Mundis, Gregory M ^e   Ames, Christopher P ^f   Burton, Douglas C ^g   Bess, Shay ^h   Gupta, Munish C ⁱ   Deviren, Vedat ^f   Schwab, Frank J ^b   Lafage, Virginie ^b   Errico, Thomas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d Baylor Scoliosis Center   (United States)

^e SAN DIEGO CENTER FOR SPINAL DISORDERS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adult spinal deformity; aminocaproic acid; antifibrinolytics; blood loss; fresh frozen plasma transfusion; major complications; minor complications; packed red blood cell transfusion; thromboembolic events; tranexamic acid

Indexed keywords

AMINOCAPROIC ACID; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ADULT; ADULT SPINAL DEFORMITY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FOLLOW UP; HEALING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE SURGERY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINE FUSION; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

ADULT; AGED; AMINOCAPROIC ACID; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

EID: 84976439841     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000001454     Document Type: Article

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