A safe, simple and cost-effective protocol for blood transfusion in primary total knee replacement

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 260-262

  Mehra, A ^a   Murray, Judy ^a   de Alwis, C ^a  

^a ROYAL GLAMORGAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross match; Cross match transfusion (C T) ratio; Group and save; Total knee replacement

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE ANTIBODY; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSFUSION UNIT; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 3242776245     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/147870804551     Document Type: Article

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