Low-Dose Versus High-Dose Tranexamic Acid Reduces the Risk of Nonischemic Seizures After Cardiac Surgery With Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1611-1617

  Couture, Pierre ^a   Lebon, Jean Sébastien ^a   Laliberté, Éric ^a   Desjardins, Georges ^a   Chamberland, Marie Ève ^a   Ayoub, Christian ^a   Rochon, Antoine ^a   Cogan, Jennifer ^a   Denault, André ^a   Deschamps, Alain ^a  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

antifibrinolytics; cardiac surgery; seizures; tranexamic acid

Indexed keywords

ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; APROTININ; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; POTASSIUM; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

AGED; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NONISCHEMIC SEIZURE; OPEN SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SURGICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSE RESPONSE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

EID: 85028318718     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: 15328422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2017.04.026     Document Type: Article

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