Findings from a pediatric trial showed 96.7% of the Vistaseal arm achieved hemostasis by 4 minutes compared with 95.4% of the Evicel arm. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the ...

A dose of tranexamic acid to start and end noncardiac surgery reduced important bleeding events, the POISE-3 trial showed, albeit with a question mark hanging over cardiovascular risk. The ...

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 ...

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.

A new dental implant surgical method that includes the use of a single drill and a bone-shaping instrument reduced bleeding and procedure time in a patient with coagulopathy. The case report was ...

The 30-day mortality rate after emergent abdominal surgery is twice as high for patients on dialysis who experience major bleeding. Patients on dialysis experience high rates of bleeding requiring ...

For patients requiring short-term anticoagulation after surgical aortic or mitral valve procedures, edoxaban (Savaysa; Daiichi Sankyo) is noninferior to warfarin for preventing thromboembolism and ...

The use of adjunctive topical tranexamic acid (TXA) showed benefits in significantly reducing postoperative bleeding with second intention healing, or allowing wounds to heal naturally without sutures ...

KAIST scientists have created a fast-acting, stable powder hemostat that stops bleeding in one second and could significantly improve survival in combat and emergency medicine. Severe blood loss ...

Patients who undergo a medication abortion during the first trimester of pregnancy are at a significantly higher risk of experiencing severe pain and heavy bleeding than if they had surgical abortions ...

Researchers have developed a spray-on powder that turns into a wound-conforming gel when it comes in contact with blood. The breakthrough has the possibility of dramatically improving wound care in ...

A drug developed as an antidote to the antiplatelet agent ticagrelor safely and effectively reversed ticagrelor's antiplatelet effects in patients undergoing urgent surgery or experiencing major ...