Association between preoperative anaemia with length of hospital stay among patients undergoing primary total knee arthroplasty in Singapore: A single-centre retrospective study

BMJ Open

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Abdullah, Hairil Rizal ^a   Sim, Yilin Eileen ^a   Hao, Ying ^a   Lin, Geng Yu ^b   Liew, Geoffrey Haw Chieh ^a   Lamoureux, Ecosse L ^c   Tan, Mann Hong ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Arthroplasty, knee replacement; length of stay; perioperative blood transfusion, patient blood management

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGAPORE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE REPLACEMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT READMISSION; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 85020618655     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016403     Document Type: Article

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