title: Blood transfusion requirements in femoral neck fracture.
abstract: The blood transfusion requirements of a consecutive series of 249 unselected patients with femoral neck fracture were studied retrospectively. A total of 339 Units of blood were transfused (a mean of 1.36 Units per patient). Blood transfusion occurred in 132 patients (53.0%), with each receiving a mean of 2.57 Units. Patients aged 80 years and above as a group were transfused significantly more blood than those aged less than 80 years: 1.64 vs 0.94 Units, X2 = 12.09, p < 0.001. Patients with intertrochanteric fractures were transfused significantly more blood than those with intracapsular fractures (1.74 vs 1.00 Units: X2 = 13.4, p < 0.001).
authors.affiliation: Consultant Physician in Elderly Medicine, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham Heartlands and Solihull NHS Trust, UK.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Swain
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Nightingale
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Patel
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000097:blood* / Q000145:classification; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies