Blood Transfusion and Overall Quality of Life After Hip Fracture in Frail Elderly Patients-The Transfusion Requirements in Frail Elderly Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 762-766

  Gregersen, Merete ^a   Borris, Lars Carl ^a   Damsgaard, Else Marie ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Frail elderly; Hip fracture; Quality of life; Recovery

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION LIST; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIP FRACTURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84940451077     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2015.03.022     Document Type: Article

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