{"pk":875,"title":"A Case Report of Nebulized Tranexamic Acid for Post-tonsillectomy Hemorrhage in an Adult","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Introduction:\n Post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage is a potentially life-threatening, postoperative complication that is commonly encountered in the emergency department (ED).\nCase Report:\n Herein, we describe the case of a 22-year-old male who presented to the ED with an active post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage. He rapidly became hypotensive and experienced an episode of syncope. Immediate interventions included intravenous fluids, emergency release blood and nebulized tranexamic acid (TXA). After completion of the nebulized TXA, the patient’s bleeding was controlled.\nConclusion:\n To our knowledge, this is the first case in the emergency medicine literature that describes the use of nebulized TXA in an adult to achieve hemostasis in post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage.","language":"en","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0","short_name":"CC BY 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"},"keywords":[{"word":"tranexamic acid"},{"word":"TXA"},{"word":"post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage"}],"section":"Case Reports","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5fc0z5rx","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Michael","middle_name":"","last_name":"Poppe","name_suffix":"","institution":"Naval Medical Center San Diego, Department of Emergency Medicine, San Diego, California","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Felipe","middle_name":"","last_name":"Grimaldo","name_suffix":"","institution":"Naval Medical Center San Diego, Department of Emergency Medicine, San Diego, California","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2020-07-14T21:15:43+02:00","date_accepted":"2020-07-14T21:15:43+02:00","date_published":"2020-07-14T21:16:40+02:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/uciem_cpcem/article/875/galley/623/download/"}]}