WASHINGTON, DC—Administering tranexamic acid during noncardiac surgery provides a clear reduction in bleeding, with a low likelihood of harm in terms of vascular complications, the POISE-3 trial shows ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adrenaline and tranexamic acid each halted bleeding in 83.1% of patients. Moderate bleeding was stopped more ...

A dose of tranexamic acid to start and end noncardiac surgery reduced important bleeding events, the POISE-3 trial showed, albeit with a question mark hanging over cardiovascular risk. The ...

September 17, 2012 — Hundreds of lives might be saved worldwide if the clot stabilizer tranexamic acid (TXA) were used promptly in all instances of traumatic bleeding, not just among the most severely ...

Tranexamic acid improves survival outcomes in patients with bleeding due to trauma or childbirth when administered within three hours of the onset of the bleeding. Major bleeds can be fatal in the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . WASHINGTON — Tranexamic acid administered intravenously before and after noncardiac surgery lowered the risk for ...

September 29, 2010 — A new oral formulation of tranexamic acid may be safe and effective for treatment of heavy menstrual bleeding, according to the results of a phase 3 trial by Andrea S. Lukes, MD, ...

The clot stabilizer drug tranexamic acid can be administered safely to a wide range of patients with traumatic bleeding and should not be restricted to the most severe cases, a new study suggests. The ...

In countries like India and China it could save about 12,000 lives each year. The Lancet shows that tranexamic acid (TXA), which helps blood to clot, could lower the risk of dying by 15%. TXA costs ...

You have full access to this article via your institution. As pointed out by Mezzano et al., most of the studies used bleeding time as an end point to assess bleeding risk. We agree that this ...

Please could you give a brief introduction to tranexamic acid? Tranexamic acid is a medicine that reduces blood clot breakdown. In this way it helps in patients with bleeding. What can tranexamic acid ...