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Blood transfusions in total hip and knee arthroplasty: an analysis of outcomes.

Thomas DanningerRehana RasulJashvant PoeranOttokar StundnerMadhu MazumdarPeter M FleischutLazaros PoultsidesStavros G Memtsoudis
Published in: TheScientificWorldJournal (2014)
Advanced age and high comorbidity may be responsible for a higher proportion of adverse outcomes in THA and TKA patients than blood transfusions.
Keyphrases
  • total hip
  • total knee arthroplasty
  • end stage renal disease
  • newly diagnosed
  • ejection fraction
  • chronic kidney disease
  • peritoneal dialysis
  • metabolic syndrome
  • adipose tissue