Tranexamic acid for reducing mortality in emergency and urgent surgery
ABSTRACT: BackgroundEmergency or urgent surgery, which can be defined as surgery which must be done promptly to save life, limb or functional capacity,is associated with a high risk of bleeding and death. Antifibrinolytic agents, such as tranexamic acid, inhibit blood clot breakdown(fibrinolysis) an...
- Autores:
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Perel, Pablo
Ker, Katharine
Morales Uribe, Carlos Hernando
Roberts, Ian
- Tipo de recurso:
- Review article
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2012
- Institución:
- Universidad de Antioquia
- Repositorio:
- Repositorio UdeA
- Idioma:
- eng
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/26351
- Acceso en línea:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10495/26351
- Palabra clave:
- Antifibrinolíticos - uso terapéutico
Antifibrinolytic Agents - therapeutic use
Pérdida de Sangre Quirúrgica - Mortalidad
Blood Loss, Surgical - mortality
Transfusión Sanguínea
Blood Transfusion
Ácido Tranexámico - uso terapéutico
Tranexamic Acid - therapeutic use
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/co/