Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of universal pre-operative iron studies in total hip and knee arthroplasty

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of anaemia in patients planned for total hip and knee arthroplasty is about 20%. Optimising pre-operative haemoglobin levels by iron supplementation has been shown to decrease transfusion rates, complications and associated morbidity. The need for universal screening with...

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Autores principales: Varghese, Viju Daniel, Liu, David, Ngo, Donald, Edwards, Suzanne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8394620/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34452626
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13018-021-02687-w

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8394620/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34452626
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13018-021-02687-w

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