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dc.contributor.authorCook, A
dc.contributor.authorCook, S
dc.contributor.authorSmith, I
dc.contributor.authorWeinrauch, P
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-15T04:02:34Z
dc.date.available2017-09-15T04:02:34Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.issn2090-3464
dc.identifier.doi10.1155/2014/109378
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/141202
dc.description.abstractIt is standard practice in many institutions to routinely perform preoperative and postoperative haemoglobin level testing in association with hip joint arthroplasty procedures. It is our observation, however, that blood transfusion after uncomplicated primary hip arthroplasty in healthy patients is uncommon and that the decision to proceed with blood transfusion is typically made on clinical grounds. We therefore question the necessity and clinical value of routine perioperative blood testing about the time of hip resurfacing arthroplasty. We present analysis of perioperative blood tests and transfusion rates in 107 patients undertaking unilateral hybrid hip resurfacing arthroplasty by the senior author at a single institution over a three-year period. We conclude that routine perioperative testing of haemoglobin levels for hip resurfacing arthroplasty procedures does not assist in clinical management. We recommend that postoperative blood testing only be considered should the patient demonstrate clinical signs of symptomatic anaemia or if particular clinical circumstances necessitate.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherHindawi Publishing Corporation
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom109378-1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto109378-4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAdvances in Orthopedics
dc.relation.ispartofvolume2014
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiomedical engineering
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4003
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3202
dc.titleHip Resurfacing Arthroplasty and Perioperative Blood Testing
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dcterms.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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gro.rights.copyright© 2014 Andrew Cook et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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gro.griffith.authorWeinrauch, Patrick C.


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