title: Blood loss and transfusion rates in bilateral total knee arthroplasty.
abstract: From 1994 to 1998, we performed 170 bilateral total knee arthroplasties (TKAs) with cemented, posterior cruciate-substituting prostheses. Blood management included preoperative autologous donation, symptom-based transfusion, and autoreinfusion devices. Perioperative allogeneic transfusion rates for patients who donated 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4 units of blood were 40.00%, 0.00%, 3.70%, 0.00%, and 3.23%, respectively. Preoperative autologous donation >2 units also resulted in lower preoperative hemoglobin levels. For bilateral TKA, a protocol of 2 preoperative autologous donation units and reinfusion of postoperative drainage reduces anemia during the preoperative and postoperative periods.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Fred D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Cushner
authors.forename: W Norman
authors.initials: WN
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: Giles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Scuderi
authors.forename: Kala
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: John N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Insall
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000740:Anemia / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / Q000379:methods*; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001804:Blood Transfusion, Autologous / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D005260:Female; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins