Low- vs. high-pressure suction drainage after total knee arthroplasty: A double-blind randomized controlled trial

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 758-766

  Calvo, Rafael ^a   Martínez Zapata, Ma José ^b   Urrútia, Gerard ^b   Gich, Ignasi ^b   Jordán, Marcos ^b   Del Arco, Alejandro ^b   Aguilera, Francisco Javier ^b   Celaya, Fernando ^b   Sarasquete, Juan ^b   Majó, Joan ^b   Bonfill, Xavier ^b  

^a Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology IIIB Sant Pau ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blood; Drainage; Knee arthroplasty; Orthopaedic nursing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC NURSING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOUND DRAINAGE; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC NURSING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRESSURE; SUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84858289813     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05760.x     Document Type: Article

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