Red blood cell transfusion for people undergoing hip fracture surgery

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Brunskill, Susan J ^a   Millette, Sarah L ^a   Shokoohi, Ali ^b   Pulford, E C ^a   Doree, Carolyn ^a   Murphy, Michael F ^c   Stanworth, Simon ^c  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Welsh Blood Service   (United Kingdom)

^c NIHR OXFORD BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONVALESCENCE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEART INFARCTION; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANEMIA; BLOOD; HIP FRACTURES; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEMOGLOBIN A; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 84942200346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009699.pub2     Document Type: Review

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