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Giving tranexamic acid to reduce surgical bleeding in sub-Saharan Africa: an economic evaluation

BACKGROUND: The identification of safe and effective alternatives to blood transfusion is a public health priority. In sub-Saharan Africa, blood shortage is a cause of mortality and morbidity. Blood transfusion can also transmit viral infections. Giving tranexamic acid (TXA) to bleeding surgical pat...

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Autores principales: Guerriero, Carla, Cairns, John, Jayaraman, Sudha, Roberts, Ian, Perel, Pablo, Shakur, Haleema
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2832621/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20163726
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1478-7547-8-1