Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty Allogenic Transfusion Trends, Length of Stay, and Complications: Nationwide Inpatient Sample 2000 – 2009

Perioperative blood loss leading to blood transfusion continues to be an issue for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) patients. The US Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) was used to determine annual trends in allogenic blood transfusion rates, and effects of transfusion on in-hospital mortality, length of...

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Published in:J Arthroplasty
Main Authors: Klika, Alison K, Small, Travis, Saleh, Anas, Szubski, Caleb R, Chandran Pillai, Aiswarya Lekshmi Pillai, Barsoum, Wael K
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4254025/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25073900
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2014.06.018
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