In uremic patients, subcutaneous DDAVP significantly shortened bleeding time one hour after administration (P less than .01).
In plain wordsIn uremic patients, subcutaneous DDAVP shortened bleeding time compared with baseline after one hour.
- Peptide
- Desmopressin
- Outcome
- DecreaseBleeding time at one hour
- Study
n = 9
- Outcome group
- Bleeding and clotting · Whole body
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · subcutaneousAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
One hour after administration, the bleeding time was significantly shortened (P less than .01) and became normal in seven of nine patients.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Since uremic patients experience minor bleeding episodes that might be self-managed at home (particularly epistaxis, gingival bleeding, and menorrhagia), we carried out a double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover study in nine uremics to evaluate whether the prolonged bleeding times could be shorte…