An individualized pre-operative blood saving protocol can increase pre-operative haemoglobin levels and reduce the need for transfusion in elective total hip or knee arthroplasty

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-42

  Gonzalez Porras, J R ^a   Colado, E ^a   Conde, M P ^a   Lopez, T ^a   Nieto, M J ^a   Corral, M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Blood saving; Blood transfusion; Eythropoietin; Iron

Indexed keywords

FEROGRADUMET; FERRIC HYDROXIDE SUCROSE; IRON; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE AUTOLOGOUS DONATION; PREOPERATIVE BLOOD SAVING PROTOCOL; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; ERYTHROPOIETIN, RECOMBINANT; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 62549119957     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2009.00908.x     Document Type: Article

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