Use of the blood transfusion service in total knee replacement arthroplasty. The cost implications

Knee

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 145-148

  Hadjianastassiou, V G ^a   Virich, G ^a   Lennox, I A ^a  

^a BASILDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Blood transfusion; Costs and cost analysis; Knee; Medical audit; Replacement

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036196821     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0160(02)00013-3     Document Type: Article

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