Blood transfusion rates and predictors following geriatric hip fracture surgery.

CONCLUSIONS: Postoperative transfusion is a common occurrence in geriatric fragility hip fractures with multiple risk factors. Careful preoperative planning and multidisciplinary management efforts are warranted to reduce use of postoperative transfusions.
PMID: 31912747 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Hip International - January 7, 2020 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Arshi A, Lai WC, Iglesias BC, McPherson EJ, Zeegen EN, Stavrakis AI, Sassoon AA Tags: Hip Int Source Type: research