Transfusion Thresholds for Major Orthopedic Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 3815-3821

  Mitchell, Matthew D ^a   Betesh, Joel S ^a   Ahn, Jaimo ^b   Hume, Eric L ^b   Mehta, Samir ^b   Umscheid, Craig A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

hip arthroplasty; hip fracture; infection; knee arthroplasty; systematic review; transfusion

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; AGED; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HIP REPLACEMENT; KNEE REPLACEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; ORTHOPEDICS; QUALITY CONTROL;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEMOGLOBINS; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; ORTHOPEDICS; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85025122472     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2017.06.054     Document Type: Review

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