Safety of Tranexamic Acid in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: A Nationwide Database Study

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 549-553

  Maeda, Takuma ^a   Sasabuchi, Yusuke ^b   Matsui, Hiroki ^c   Ohnishi, Yoshihiko ^a   Miyata, Shigeki ^a   Yasunaga, Hideo ^c  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

mortality; pediatric cardiac surgery; seizure; tranexamic acid

Indexed keywords

TRANEXAMIC ACID; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COHORT ANALYSIS; FACTUAL DATABASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPENSITY SCORE; TRENDS;

ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

EID: 85008210838     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: 15328422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2016.10.001     Document Type: Article

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