Risk of death may be higher with drug commonly used during cardiac surgery
Tuesday, December 2, 2008 - 13:14
in Health & Medicine
The risks of death are probably higher with aprotinin, a drug commonly used to control blood loss and transfusions during cardiac surgery, compared with lysine analogues, according to a study http://www.cmaj.ca//cgi/rapidpdf/cmaj.081109 to be published in the January 20th issue of CMAJ.