A prospective audit of blood usage post primary total knee arthroplasty

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-28

  Glynn, Aaron ^a   McCarthy, Thomas ^a   McCarroll, Maire ^a,b   Murray, Paraic ^a,c  

^a CAPPAGH NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Blood management; Blood salvage; Blood transfusion; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644889692     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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