Effect of a patient blood management programme on preoperative anaemia, transfusion rate, and outcome after primary hip or knee arthroplasty: A quality improvement cycle

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 943-952

  Kotze A ^a   Carter, L A ^a   Scally, A J ^b  

^a Airedale NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anaesthesia, audit; assessment, pre anaesthetic; blood, transfusion; complications, anaemia; surgery, orthopaedic; transfusion, complications

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRIC CARBOXYMALTOSE; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CODING ALGORITHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT BLOOD MANAGAMENT PROGRAM; PATIENT CARE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84861379621     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aes135     Document Type: Article

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