Predictors for blood transfusion following total knee arthroplasty: A prospective randomised study

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-89

  Mesa Ramos, Francisco ^a   Mesa Ramos, Manuel ^a   Maquieira Canosa, Carmen ^a   Carpintero, Pedro ^b,c  

^a Hospital de Pozoblanco   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adrenaline; Haematocrit; Haemoglobin; Total knee arthroplasty; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRALESIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 40849086458     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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