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Blood Transfusion for Elderly Patients with Hip Fracture: a Nationwide Cohort Study.

Suk-Yong JangYong Han ChaJun Il YooTaeho OhJung-Taek KimChan Ho ParkWon Sik ChoyYong Chan HaKyung-Hoi Koo
Published in: Journal of Korean medical science (2020)
In this nationwide representative cohort study, blood transfusion was performed in 75% of hip fracture patients. Even after adjusting for comorbidity and anticoagulant use, the postoperative results (hospitalization, mortality) of the transfusion group did not show significantly worse results than the non-transfusion group. Therefore, adequate patient blood management can only improve the patient's outcome after hip fracture surgery.
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