Potential Cost Saving of Epoetin alfa in Elective Hip or Knee Surgery due to Reduction in Blood Transfusions and Their Side Effects: A Discrete-Event Simulation Model

OBJECTIVES: Transfusion of allogeneic blood is still common in orthopedic surgery. This analysis evaluates from the perspective of a German hospital the potential cost savings of Epoetin alfa (EPO) compared to predonated autologous blood transfusions or to a nobloodconservationstrategy (allogeneic b...

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Autores principales: Tomeczkowski, Jörg, Stern, Sean, Müller, Alfred, von Heymann, Christian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3767728/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24039829
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0072949

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3767728/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24039829
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0072949

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