Erratum: Indications of blood transfusion following total knee replacement at a tertiary care center in central Saudi Arabia

Predictors of blood transfusion following total knee replacement at a tertiary care center in Central Saudi Arabia

OBJECTIVES To examine the incidence and predictors of blood transfusion following total knee replacement (TKR). Methods: A retrospective study on 462 patients of primary TKR at National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Descriptive statistics were compared by blood transfusion status and significant variables were further included in the multivariable model. Results: Overall tran...

Routine Episiotomy Practice at a Tertiary Care Center in Saudi Arabia

Background: Episiotomy is a common perineum incision preformed to facilitate the delivery. Although it was commonly performed especially in primigravida women, the new trend is to limit episiotomies as much as possible. This study aimed to find out the rate of episiotomy and to compare the rate in primigravida vs multigravida at King Abdulaziz university hospital. Methods: A retrospective chart...

Extremely elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate: etiology at a tertiary care center in Saudi Arabia.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the etiology of extremely elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) in adolescents and adults at a tertiary care center. METHODS This retrospective, cross-sectional, observational study was carried out at King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia using the Westergren method of determining ESR in adolescents and adults aged >or=12 years. The patients included ...

A survey of patients' attitude toward total knee replacement in a major center in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Autologous blood transfusion in total knee replacement surgery.

We compared allogeneic blood usage for two groups of patients undergoing total knee replacement surgery (TKR). Patients were randomized to receive either their post-operative wound drainage as an autotransfusion (n=115) after processing or to have this wound drainage discarded (n=116). Allogeneic blood was transfused in patients of either group whose haemoglobin fell below 9 g dl(-1). Only 7% o...