Postoperative red blood cell transfusion strategy in frail anemic elderly with hip fracture: A randomized controlled trial

Danish Medical Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Gregersen, Merete ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; COMORBIDITY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FRAIL ELDERLY; HIP FRACTURES; HOME FOR THE AGED; METABOLISM; NURSING HOME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEMOGLOBINS; HIP FRACTURES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84962476289     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22451919     Source Type: Journal    
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