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Impact of preadmission anti-inflammatory drug use on the risk of RBC transfusion in elderly hip fracture patients: a Danish nationwide cohort study, 2005-2016.

Eva N GlassouNickolaj KristensenBjarne K MøllerChristian ErikstrupTorben B HansenAlma B Pedersen
Published in: Transfusion (2019)
NSAID use within 90 days of a hip fracture surgery was associated with an increased risk of RBC transfusion. Thus, current use of NSAIDs can be associated with an increased risk of postoperative bleeding, but we cannot rule out the influence of confounding.
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