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Transfusions and blood loss in total hip and knee arthroplasty: a prospective observational study

BACKGROUND: There is a high prevalence of blood product transfusions in orthopedic surgery. The reported prevalence of red blood cell transfusions in unselected patients undergoing hip or knee replacement varies between 21% and 70%. We determined current blood loss and transfusion prevalence in tota...

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Autores principales: Carling, Malin S, Jeppsson, Anders, Eriksson, Bengt I, Brisby, Helena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4383080/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25889413
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13018-015-0188-6