Multicentre cohort study of red blood cell use for revision hip arthroplasty and factors associated with greater risk of allogeneic blood transfusion

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-71

  Walsh, T S ^a   Palmer, J ^b   Watson, D ^b   Biggin, K ^b   Seretny, M ^a   Davidson, H ^b   Harkness, M ^b   Hay, A ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH NATIONAL BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

blood transfusion; revision hip arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLOGENIC BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CONSERVATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY WEIGHT; CELL THERAPY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE CELL SALVAGE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVISION HIP ARTHROPLASTY; RISK FACTOR; SALVAGE THERAPY;

EID: 84055197921     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aer326     Document Type: Article

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