Perioperative blood transfusions and delayed wound healing after hip replacement surgery: Effects on duration of hospitalization

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1416-1421

  Weber, Eric W G ^a   Slappendel, Robert ^b   Prins, Martin H ^a   Van Der Schaaf, Dick B ^b   Durieux, Marcel E ^a,c   Strümper, Danja ^a,d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b St Maartens Hospital   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HIP SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 17744377778     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000150610.44631.9D     Document Type: Article

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