Bleeding and transfusions affect mortality in aortic surgery. Although tranexamic acid significantly reduced bleeding in multiple settings, its role in major vascular surgery was never studied. The aim of this study was to determine if tranexamic acid reduces blood loss in open abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) surgery.

Tranexamic acid in open aortic aneurysm surgery: a randomised clinical trial / Monaco, F.; Nardelli, P.; Pasin, L.; Barucco, G.; Mattioli, C.; Di Tomasso, N.; Dalessandro, G.; Giardina, G.; Landoni, G.; Chiesa, R.; Zangrillo, A.. - In: BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA. - ISSN 0007-0912. - 124:1(2020), pp. 35-43. [10.1016/j.bja.2019.08.028]

Tranexamic acid in open aortic aneurysm surgery: a randomised clinical trial

Landoni G.
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Chiesa R.
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Zangrillo A.
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2020-01-01

Abstract

Bleeding and transfusions affect mortality in aortic surgery. Although tranexamic acid significantly reduced bleeding in multiple settings, its role in major vascular surgery was never studied. The aim of this study was to determine if tranexamic acid reduces blood loss in open abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) surgery.
2020
aortic surgery; bleeding; mortality; randomised clinical trial; tranexamic acid; transfusion
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