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Table 1 Characteristics of included studies

From: The safety and efficiency of intravenous administration of tranexamic acid in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG): a meta-analysis of 28 randomized controlled trials

Study ID

Country

No.

C/T

Sex

F/M

Type of GABG

AC discounted before surgery

Drug Dose and Treatment Regimens

Speekenbrink 1995 [23]

Netherlands

15/15

2/28

On-pump

2 to 4 days

TA 10 mg·kg− 1 in 20 min after induction of anesthesia and continued at a rate of 1 mg·kg− 1 up to a total dose of 1000 mg.

Brown 1997 [24]

United States

30/30

11/49

On-pump

NR

TA 15 mg·kg− 1 in 20 min after the induction and continued at a rate of 1 mg·kg− 1·hr.− 1 for 5 h

Landymore 1997 [25]

Canada

50/56

NR

On-pump

< 2 days

TA 10 mg·kg-1 before CBP and continued at a rate of mg·kg− 1·hr.− 1 until the termination of CBP

Hardy 1998 [26]

Canada

45/43

23/65

On-pump

NR

TA 10 g as a bolus over 20 min

Casati 2001 [27]

Italy

20/20

8/32

Off-pump

< 1 day

TA 1 g as a bonus before skin incision, followed by continuous infusion of 400 mg·hr.− 1 during surgery

Zabeeda 2002 [28]

Israel

25/25

12/38

On-pump

NR

TA 10 mg·kg− 1 in more than 15 min after induction of anesthesia and followed by a continuous infusion of 1 mg·kg− 1 per hour

Jares 2003 [29]

Czech Republic

22/25

12/35

Off-pump

5 days

TA 1 g as a bolus before skin incision, followed by continuous infusion of 200 mg·hr.− 1 during surgery

Pleym 2003 [30]

Norway

39/40

13/66

On-pump

1 day

TA 30 mg·kg− 1 as a bolus injection over 5 min immediately before the start of CPB.

Andreasen 2004 [31]

Denmark

23/21

7/37

On-pump

> 7 days

TA 1.5 g as a bolus, followed by a constant infusion of 200 mg·hr.− 1 until 1.5 g

Casati 2004 [4]

Italy

50/52

16/86

On-pump

Off-pump

< 1 day

TA 1 g as a bonus before skin incision, followed by continuous infusion of 400 mg·hr.− 1 until completion of surgery with 500 mg added to priming in patients undergoing on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting

Karski 2005 [32]

Canada

165/147

37/275

On-pump

7 days

TA 100 mg·kg− 1 administered intravenously over 20 min after the induction of anesthesia

Vanek 2005 [33]

Czech Republic

30/32

14/38

Off-pump

< 1 day

TA 1 g before skin incision and a continuous infusion of 200 mg·hr.− 1 during the whole surgical procedure.

Santos 2006 [34]

Brasil

31/29

17/43

On-pump

NR

TA 10 mg·kg− 1 before the skin incision, followed by a continuous infusion of 1 mg·kg− 1·hr.− 1 for 5 h.

Wei 2006 [35]

China

40/36

16/60

Off-pump

5/−7 days

TA 0.75 g in 20 min at the beginning of surgery followed by continuous infusion of 0.25 g per hour throughout surgery.

Maddali 2007 [36]

Oman

111/111

70/152

On-pump

7 days

TA 10 mg·kg− 1 as a bolus prior to sternotomy, followed by an infusion (1 mg·kg− 1·hr.− 1) up to the time of starting of protamine.

Mehr-Aein 2007 [3]

Iran

33/33

2/27

Off-pump

7 days

TA 15 mg·kg− 1 before infusion of heparin and 15 mg·kg− 1 after protamine infusion

Taghaddomi 2009 [37]

Iran

50/50

28/72

Off-pump

NR

TA 1 g was given 20 min before skin incision and 400 mg·hr.− 1 during the entire surgical procedure.

Hashemi 2011 [38]

Iran

50/50

24/76

On-pump

NR

TA 1 g added to the pump prime solution and another 1 g was used intravenously after discontinuation of the pump

Ahn 2012 [10]

Korea

38/38

35/41

Off-pump

5 days

TA 1 g in 20 min before skin incision with subsequent continuous infusion at 200 mg·hr.− 1 during the operation

Chakravarthy 2012 [11]

India

50/50

22/78

Off-pump

7 days

TA 20 mg·kg− 1 over 30 min followed by infusion of 1 mg·kg− 1·hr.− 1 for 12 h

Greiff 2012 [12]

Norway

33/30

26/37

On-pump

1 day

TA 10 mg·kg-1 as a bolus injection before skin incision followed by an infusion of 1 mg·kg− 1·hr.− 1 until the end of surgery.

Nejad 2012 [14]

Iran

50/50

24/76

On-pump

NR

TA 1 g was added to the pump prime solution and another 1 g was used intravenously after the discontinuation of the pump

Wang 2012 [15]

China

115/116

36/195

Off-pump

5 days

TA 1 g as a bolus injection 20 min before the incision followed by an infusion of 400 mg·hr.− 1 until the completion of the surgery

Esfandiari 2013 [16]

Iran

75/75

30/120

On-pump

NR

TA 10 mg·kg− 1 added to the priming solution and a bolus dose of 1 mg·kg− 1 after weaning from CPB

Shi 2013 [17]

China

59/58

23/94

On-pump

< 7 days

TA 15 mg·kg− 1 before surgical incision and 15 mg·kg− 1 after protamine neutralization

Ghavidel 014 [39]

Iran

100/100

65/135

On-pump

3 days

TA 10 mg·kg− 1 via prime solution and the maintenance dose of 0.5–2 mg·kg− 1·h− 1 in proportion to serum creatinine.

Yanartas 2015 [18]

Turkey

63/69

50/82

On-pump

5 days

TA 10 mg·kg− 1 before the skin incision, followed by a continuous infusion of 1 mg·kg− 1·h− 1 for 5 h.

Myles 2017 [8]

Australia

2322/2311

773/3860

On-pump/ Off-pump

≥4 days

TA 100 mg·kg− 1 or 50 mg·kg− 1 was administered intravenously more than 30 min after the induction of anesthesia