Blood management for hip reconstruction surgery.
Blood conservation techniques are well established and have significant benefits. We review the current literature on these techniques and their applicability to hip reconstruction surgery and offer a suitable strategy to minimize allogeneic red cell transfusion.
Lane
Alan
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Department of Anesthesiology, The Ottawa Hospital, General Campus, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L6, Canada. alantlane@yahoo.co.uk
Crosby
Edward T
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D000465:Algorithms; D000740:Anemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D017707:Erythrocyte Transfusion; D006801:Humans