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Tranexamic acid in the treatment of anaphylactic shock
S Hoste1, H Van Aken, E Stevens
1Department of Anesthesiology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, University Hospital, Belgium.
Acta Anaesthesiologica Belgica
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
We report the case of a patient with multiple trauma who developed pronounced anaphylactic shock, and was successfully treated with 1000 mg tranexamic acid intravenously (Exacyl). This antifibrinolytic agent is also a potent inhibitor of the complement system and its use for the prevention and treatment of anaphylactic or anaphylactoid shock is discussed.