In 49 patients on warfarin anticoagulation, 152 extractions were performed. No adjustment was made to the regime and all patients had INR in the range 2.0–4.0. Although patients who had taken aspirin ...

Tranexamic acid is used to control heavy menstrual bleeding. It’s available as a brand-name drug called Lysteda. You can get it only with a doctor’s prescription. Heavy or prolonged menstrual bleeding ...

Tranexamic acid reduces the risk of bleeding among patients undergoing cardiac surgery, but it is unclear whether this leads to improved outcomes. Furthermore, there are concerns that tranexamic acid ...

Prophylactic use of tranexamic acid at the time of cesarean delivery has been shown to decrease the calculated blood loss, but the effect on the need for blood transfusions is unclear. We randomly ...

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