effectiveness of Tranexamic acid in blood loss during and after cesarean sectio
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- caesarean section.Single delivery by caesarean section
- Registration Number
- IRCT2014100419396N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 200
Inclusion Criteria
All women between 20 to 40 years of age who were in their 37th to 40th week of pregnancy and had opted for a cesarean surgery entered the study.
The following were excluded: those with an experience of twinning; placenta abnormalities; severe pre-eclampsia; macrosomy; polyhydramnios; previous cesarean or abdominal surgeries; kidney, brain, blood or liver disorders, coagulopathy; anemia; thrombophilia; thromboembolic disorders; allergy to Tranexamic acid. In addition, patients whose BMI was higher than 30 were excluded from the study.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The amount of the blood loss. Timepoint: The amount of the blood lost would be estimated 2 hours after the delivery (based on the difference of the weight of the tampon used). At the outset of the surgery, a tampon would be inserted into the vagina, the difference of its weight before the surgery and 2 hours after the surgery will be calculated. Method of measurement: The amount of blood loss would be estimated through Gai et al.’s method:.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method