Tranexamic acid for the prevention of blood loss after vaginal delivery

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 379, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 731-742

  Sentilhes, Loic ^a,b   Winer, Norbert ^c   Azria, Elie ^d,e   Senat, Marie Victoire ^g   Le Ray, Camille ^e,f   Vardon, Delphine ⁱ   Perrotin, Franck ^j   Desbriere, Raoul ^k   Fuchs, Florent ^l,m   Kayem, Gilles ^e,h   Ducarme, Guillaume ⁿ   Doret Dion, Muriel ^o   Huissoud, Cyril ^p   Bohec, Caroline ^q   Deruelle, Philippe ^r   Phar, Astrid Darsonval ^b,s   Chretien, Jean Marie ^b   Seco, Aurelien ^e   Phar, Valerie Daniel ^b,s   Deneux Tharaux, Catherine ^e  

^a BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (France)

^e PARIS DESCARTES UNIVERSITY   (France)

^f Institut Cochin   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^h ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁱ CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^j UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^k HÔPITAL SAINT JOSEPH   (France)

^l MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^m CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

ⁿ Centre Hospitalier Departemental   (France)

^o UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^p CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

^q François Mitterrand Hospital   (France)

^r LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^s BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; FIBRINOGEN; OXYTOCIN; PLACEBO; TRANEXAMIC ACID; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; OXYTOCIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LABOR STAGE; LIVER LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; PHLEBITIS; PHOTOPSIA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VOMITING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREGNANCY; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

EID: 85052521262     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1800942     Document Type: Article

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