Prophylactic Tranexamic Acid for Reduction of Blood Loss during and After Cesarean Section

There has been increasing rate of Cesarean section in current obstetrics. Irrespective of this growing trend postpartum hemorrhage accounts for the leading cause of maternal mortality in India. This attributes to prevalence of anemia in as many as 70% of the pregnant women. However interventions like preoperative intravenous Tranexamic acid in cesarean section to take the edge off the blood loss has seen lesser awareness and use in practice in the field. Therefore this work is intended to highlight the drug pathway and its beneficial effects in alleviating the blood loss associated with the cesarean section which shall encourage more and more practicing physicians to use Tranexamic acid to control blood loss.