Improving Systems of Care to Manage Preoperative Anemia in Patients Who Elect to have Total Hip or Total Knee Replacement Surgery
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Preoperative anaemia is associated with increased allogeneic pack red cell transfusion in revision hip and knee joint arthroplasty: a retrospective analysis of 5387 patients over a 10-year period at a single high volume centre.
OBJECTIVES To estimate the prevalence of preoperative World Health Organization (WHO) defined anaemia in patients presenting for revision hip and knee arthroplasty and its association with transfusion of allogeneic packed red blood cells (PRBC). BACKGROUND Studies have mainly investigated the prevalence of preoperative anaemia in primary and not revision hip and knee joint arthroplasty. MET...
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تاریخ انتشار 2013