Is perioperative blood transfusion a risk factor for mortality or infection after hip fracture?

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 675-679

  Johnston, P ^a   Wynn Jones, H ^b   Chakravarty, D ^a   Boyle, A ^c   Parker, M J ^a  

^a PETERBOROUGH DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WEST SUFFOLK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Hip fracture

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEST INFECTION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33751028870     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bot.0000249435.25751.e8     Document Type: Article

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