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Postoperative blood transfusion strategy in frail, anemic elderly patients with hip fracture: The TRIFE randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Hip fracture (HF) in frail elderly patients is associated with poor physical recovery and death. There is often postoperative blood loss and the hemoglobin (Hb) threshold for red blood cell (RBC) transfusions in these patients is unknown. We investigated whether RBC transfusi...

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Autores principales: Gregersen, Merete, Borris, Lars C, Damsgaard, Else Marie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Informa Healthcare 2015
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Hip
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4443456/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25586270
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453674.2015.1006980