Tranexamic Acid (TXA) for the Hemostatic Treatment of Post-Partum Hemorrhage (PPH): What Key Points Have We Learnt After All These Years?

Panagiotis Peitsidis; Christos Iavazzo; Ioannis D Gkegkes; Antonio Simone Laganà; Sophia Makridima; Panagiotis Tsikouras

doi:10.3390/jcm12196385

Tranexamic Acid (TXA) for the Hemostatic Treatment of Post-Partum Hemorrhage (PPH): What Key Points Have We Learnt After All These Years?

J Clin Med. 2023 Oct 6;12(19):6385. doi: 10.3390/jcm12196385.

Authors

Panagiotis Peitsidis¹, Christos Iavazzo², Ioannis D Gkegkes^{3

4}, Antonio Simone Laganà⁵, Sophia Makridima¹, Panagiotis Tsikouras⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Helena Venizelou Hospital, 11521 Athens, Greece.
² Gynaecological Oncology Department, Metaxa Cancer Hospital, 18537 Piraeus, Greece.
³ Athens Colorectal Laboratory, 11528 Athens, Greece.
⁴ Department of Colorectal Surgery, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter EX2 5DW, UK.
⁵ Unit of Obstetrics and Gynecology, "Paolo Giaccone" Hospital, Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (PROMISE), University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
⁶ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Democritus University of Thrace, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece.

Abstract

Post-partum bleeding or post-partum hemorrhage (PPH) is often defined as the loss of more than 500 mL of blood after vaginal delivery or 1000 mL of blood after cesarean section following the delivery of a child [...].

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