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Aminocaproic acid prophylaxis in traumatic hyphema. 1990

T W Wilson, and J B Jeffers, and L B Nelson

Cataract and Primary Eye Care, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa 19107.

Oral aminocaproic acid has been shown to be effective in clot stabilization and in the reduction of secondary bleeding rates in cases of traumatic hyphema. In a retrospective study of 105 patients treated during a 1-year period, we found the incidence of rebleeding in patients with traumatic hyphema who received aminocaproic acid prophylaxis was 2%; the incidence in those who did not was 25%.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D006988	Hyphema	Bleeding in the anterior chamber of the eye.	Hyphemas
D008297	Male		Males
D012008	Recurrence	The return of a sign, symptom, or disease after a remission.	Recrudescence,Relapse,Recrudescences,Recurrences,Relapses
D005131	Eye Injuries	Damage or trauma inflicted to the eye by external means. The concept includes both surface injuries and intraocular injuries.	Injuries, Eye,Eye Injury,Injury, Eye
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000284	Administration, Oral	The giving of drugs, chemicals, or other substances by mouth.	Drug Administration, Oral,Administration, Oral Drug,Oral Administration,Oral Drug Administration,Administrations, Oral,Administrations, Oral Drug,Drug Administrations, Oral,Oral Administrations,Oral Drug Administrations
D000614	Aminocaproates	Amino derivatives of caproic acid. Included under this heading are a broad variety of acid forms, salts, esters, and amides that contain the amino caproic acid structure.	Aminocaproic Acids,Aminocaproic Acid Derivatives,Aminohexanoates,Aminohexanoic Acid Derivatives,Aminohexanoic Acids,Acid Derivatives, Aminocaproic,Acid Derivatives, Aminohexanoic,Acids, Aminocaproic,Acids, Aminohexanoic,Derivatives, Aminocaproic Acid,Derivatives, Aminohexanoic Acid
D012189	Retrospective Studies	Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons.	Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective