The risks of red cell transfusion for hip fracture surgery in the elderly

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 223-230

  Shokoohi, A ^a   Stanworth, S ^b   Mistry, D ^c   Lamb, S ^b   Staves, J ^b   Murphy, M F ^b  

^a NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Elderly patients; Hip fracture; Infection; Mortality; Surgery

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHEST INFECTION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIP FRACTURE; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WALKING AID;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866455127     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2012.01606.x     Document Type: Article

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