Are antifibrinolytic drugs equivalent in reducing blood loss and transfusion in cardiac surgery? A meta-analysis of randomized head-to-head trials

BACKGROUND: Aprotinin has been shown to be effective in reducing peri-operative blood loss and the need for re-operation due to continued bleeding in cardiac surgery. The lysine analogues tranexamic acid (TXA) and epsilon aminocaproic acid (EACA) are cheaper, but it is not known if they are as effec...

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Autores principales: Carless, Paul A, Moxey, Annette J, Stokes, Barrie J, Henry, David A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1185524/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15992412
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-5-19

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1185524/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15992412
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-5-19

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