
Kari Tikkinen, MD, PhD, discusses POISE-3 findings showing tranexamic acid reduced major bleeding without significantly increasing thrombotic events in urologic surgery.
Tikkinen is a professor of urology & clinical epidemiology & public health and Head of Section (Urology) at the University of Helsinki in Finland.

Kari Tikkinen, MD, PhD, discusses POISE-3 findings showing tranexamic acid reduced major bleeding without significantly increasing thrombotic events in urologic surgery.

In this interview, Kari A.O. Tikkinen, MD, PhD, explains why effective nocturia management in geriatric patients requires systematic phenotyping across 4 primary subtypes—nocturnal polyuria, reduced bladder capacity, bladder outlet obstruction, and sleep-driven causes—rather than empiric pharmacologic treatment, with many cases requiring interdisciplinary referral rather than urologic intervention alone.