Oral Health
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Willing and consenting patients aged 18-64years, 2. Healthy and physical status I and II according to the American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classification
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients who refused to participate 2. Patients with known allergy to tranexamic acid 3. Patients with history or risk of thromboembolism (including patients on oral contraceptive pills, and anticoagulants)’ 4. Patients with uncontrolled hypertension, renal or hepatic dysfunction and coagulopathy, 5. Patients with likelihood of difficult intubation (Mallampati III and IV) were excluded from the study 6. Patients with haematological diseases or any form of bleeding diathesis following the review of the clotting profile including platelet count less than 150000/m3 7. Patients with a history of convulsion
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Amount of Blood loss in millilitres | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Units of Blood transfused in pints;Duration of operation in minutes | — |
Countries
Nigeria
Contacts
Senior registrar