Post-surgical bleeding is associated with more deaths than blood clots from surgery, according to a Vanderbilt University Medical Center study published in the journal Anesthesia & Analgesia.
Cryopreserved platelets cost more and are linked to worse bleeding and clinical outcomes than liquid-stored platelets in a ...
Postoperative bleeding is one of the most common complications after cardiac surgeries, especially in open heart ones. In this kind of surgery, surgeons need to resort to cardiopulmonary bypass, an ...
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 ...
Little is known about the risk of bleeding in patients with bleeding disorders who undergo major surgeries or outcomes for those managed perioperatively at hemophilia treatment centers. With ...
In patients undergoing noncardiac surgery, giving aspirin before surgery and throughout the early post-operative period fails to decrease risk of death or non-fatal myocardial infarction (MI) and is ...
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Patients are often instructed not to take ibuprofen and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) before or after surgery because of increased bleeding risk. But available evidence suggests ...
Postsurgical bleeding causes significant morbidity and mortality in children undergoing surgery for congenital heart defects (CHD). 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (DS) is the second most common genetic ...
It may sound like something out of Star Trek, but researchers at the University of Washington’s Applied Physics Laboratory are working on a device that could find and stop internal bleeding, without ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . NASHVILLE, Tenn. — When treating a patient with glaucoma, surgeons should take steps to anticipate and avoid ...
The benefit of routine repeat endoscopy after endoscopic hemostasis in the management of peptic ulcer bleeding is controversial. The aim of this Review is to evaluate the efficacy of second-look ...