The association of anaemia and its severity with composite morbidity after total hip arthroplasty.

CONCLUSION: Moderate-to-severe anaemia increases the risk for composite morbidities, but not mortality in patients undergoing primary THA. Further studies are needed to assess whether preoperative management of moderate-to-severe anaemia would improve outcomes in patients undergoing THA. PMID: 31908185 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31908185?dopt=Abstract

Source: Hip International - January 6, 2020 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Frangie R, Masrouha KZ, Abi-Melhem R, Tamim H, Al-Taki M Tags: Hip Int Source Type: research