Journal:
:the archives of bone and joint surgery
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mehran soleimanha orthopaedic research center, guilan university of
medical sciences, rasht, iran
mohammad haghighi anesthesiology research center, guilan university of
medical sciences, rasht, iran
ahmadreza mirbolook orthopaedic research center, guilan university of
medical sciences, rasht, iran
abbas sedighinejad anesthesiology research center, guilan university of
medical sciences, rasht, iran
mohsen mardani-kivi orthopaedic research center, guilan university of
medical sciences, rasht, iran
bahram naderi-nabi anesthesiology research center, guilan university of
medical sciences, rasht, iran
background: increased costs and mortality associated with inappropriate blood transfusions have led to investigations about blood request and blood transfusion techniques. we investigated the transfusion status in patients who underwent orthopedic surgery in poursina hospital (rasht, iran) to optimizing blood usage and determine if a scheduled transfusion program for every orthopedic surgery co...