Oral Tranexamic Acid Reduces Transfusions in Total Knee Arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 2990-2994

  Perreault, Roger E ^a   Fournier, Christine A ^b   Mattingly, David A ^b   Junghans, Richard P ^b   Talmo, Carl T ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

anemia; blood transfusion; complications; total knee arthroplasty; tranexamic acid

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; TRANEXAMIC ACID; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CELL SALVAGE VOLUME; CELL VOLUME; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAIN OUTPUT; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; KNEE REPLACEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

EID: 85026233008     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2017.03.063     Document Type: Article

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