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Blood management in hip fractures; are we leaving it too late? A retrospective observational study

BACKGROUND: Anaemia in hip fracture patients has been associated with increased risk of allogenic blood transfusion (ABT), poorer functional outcomes and increased mortality. Few studies have reported the prevalence of anaemia on admission or its progression prior to surgery in this cohort. We aimed...

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Autores principales: Puckeridge, Gillian, Terblanche, Morne, Wallis, Marianne, Fung, Yoke Lin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6419431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30871511
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-019-1099-x