The effect of iron supplementation on the level of haemoglobin after lower limb arthroplasty

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 213-217

  Mundy, G M ^a,b   Birtwistle, S J ^a   Power, R A ^a  

^a GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ENOXAPARIN; FERROUS SULFATE; HEMOGLOBIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG COST; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETICULOCYTES;

EID: 14044261248     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.87B2.15122     Document Type: Article

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