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ArticleJournal of midwifery & women's health2020

The Use of Tranexamic Acid to Prevent Postpartum Hemorrhage.

Ruth T Mielke, Sarah Obermeyer

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Article in Journal of midwifery & women's health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Effect of Prophylactic Intraoperative Tranexamic Acid on Postpartum Blood Loss Following Cesarean Section at a Single Center.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ruth T MielkeCalifornia State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, California.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3325-722X
Sarah ObermeyerEisner Pediatric and Family Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0328-0541
California State University, Fullerton · USLos Angeles Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tranexamic acid (TXA) is an antifibrinolytic pharmacologic agent with demonstrated effectiveness for reducing the incidence of death from blood loss following trauma and major surgery. In intrapartum care, TXA is being used in in conjunction with uterotonic agents to treat postpartum hemorrhage (PPH). Based on the findings of the WOMAN trial that found TXA reduced maternal death due to PPH, the World Health Organization recommends that TXA be part of the standard comprehensive PPH treatment package, and US professional organizations recognize its use as adjunctive treatment for PPH. Evidence suggests that TXA used prophylactically in the setting of cesarean birth may decrease blood loss and the incidence of PPH. There is limited evidence for prophylactic use of TXA in women of all risk categories following vaginal birth but prophylactic use in women who have an a priori risk for PPH is being investigated. This article presents a case in which a midwife identifies a woman in active labor who has significant risk factors for PPH. In consultation with the collaborating obstetrician, TXA is given early during the third stage of labor in addition to the recommended components of active management for the purpose of preventing PPH.

Indexed as

Antifibrinolytic AgentsFemaleHumansPostpartum HemorrhagePregnancyRisk FactorsTranexamic AcidAntifibrinolytic AgentsTranexamic Acidantifibrinolyticobstetric hemorrhagepostpartum hemorrhagetranexamic acid

Identifiers

PMID32431098
PMCPMC7383973
OpenAlexW3027878742

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