Postoperative anemia and quality of life after primary hip arthroplasty in patients over 65 years old

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1056-1061

  Conlon, Niamh P ^a,c   Bale, Eilis P ^a   Herbison, G Peter ^b   McCarroll, Maire ^a  

^a CAPPAGH NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 41349085861     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e318164f114     Document Type: Article

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