Post-operative anaemia in femoral neck fracture patients: Does it need treatment? A single blinded prospective randomised controlled trial

Injury

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1073-1076

  Prasad, N ^a   Rajamani, V ^b   Hullin, D ^b   Murray, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL GLAMORGAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Hip fracture; Iron

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON THERAPY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUPPLEMENTATION; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FERRITINS; HEMATINICS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 68949162067     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.02.021     Document Type: Article

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