Comparison between infusion and bolus of Tranexamic acid to reduce bleeding in Cyanotic congenital heart disease surgeries.

Excessive bleeding in both adults and paediatric cardiac surgery increases morbidity and mortality. Paediatric patients undergoing cardiac surgery are at high risk for intraoperative and postoperative bleeding.Increased bleeding in children exposes them to transfusion of blood and blood products, hence increased risk of complications associated with transfusion. Tranexamic acid is being used to reduce bleeding but there is no specific dose or regimen. We compared two different regimens of Tranexamic acid i.e infusion and bolus to see which is better in terms of Post-operative bleeding, chest closure time and blood products usage.