Which patients are more likely to benefit from postoperative shed blood salvage after unilateral total knee replacement? An analysis of 581 consecutive procedures

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 136-141

  Munoz M ^a,b   Kuhlmorgen B ^c   Ariza, D ^c   Haro, E ^c   Marroqui A ^c   Ramirez, G ^c  

^a GIEMSA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA VICTORIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allogeneic transfusion; Length of hospital stay; Postoperative blood salvage; Postoperative infection; Preoperative haemoglobin; Total knee replacement

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SALVAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; FEMALE; FILTRATION; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33846908737     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2006.00868.x     Document Type: Article

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