title: The relative risk of infection from transfusions after arthroplasty: Commentary on articles by Richard Friedman, MD, FRCSC, et al.: "Allogeneic blood transfusions and postoperative infections after total hip or knee arthroplasty" and Erik T. Newman, MD, et al.: "Impact of perioperative allogeneic and autologous blood transfusion on acute wound infection following total knee and total hip arthroplasty".
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Adolph J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Yates
mesh_terms: D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*