Antifibrinolytic agents for reducing blood loss in scoliosis surgery in children

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Mcnicol, Ewan D ^a,b   Tzortzopoulou, Aikaterini ^a   Schumann, Roman ^a   Carr, Daniel B ^b   Kalra, Aman ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOCAPROIC ACID; APROTININ; PLACEBO; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COCHRANE LIBRARY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMBASE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84988037064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006883.pub3     Document Type: Review

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