Perioperative transfusion threshold and ambulation after hip revision surgery - a randomized trial

BMC Anesthesiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Nielsen, Kamilla ^a   Johansson, Pär I ^a   Dahl, Benny ^a   Wagner, Michael ^a   Frausing, Britt ^a   Børglum, Jens ^b   Jensen, Kenneth ^b   Stürup, Jens ^a   Hvolris, Jesper ^b   Rasmussen, Lars S ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ambulation; Haemoglobin concentration; Hip surgery; Red blood cells; Transfusion threshold

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOBILIZATION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY;

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EARLY AMBULATION; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEMOGLOBINS; HIP; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 84928591171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2253-14-89     Document Type: Article

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