Topical application of tranexamic acid for the reduction of bleeding

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Ker, Katharine ^a   Beecher, Deirdre ^a   Roberts, Ian ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANEXAMIC ACID; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; EPISTAXIS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MORTALITY RATE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; HEMORRHAGE; META ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; EPISTAXIS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

EID: 85048493774     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010562.pub2     Document Type: Review

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