Identification of Total Joint Arthroplasties with Very Low Need for Perioperative Blood Transfusion and for Autologous Blood Collection
Purpose: | To identify patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty with a very low risk of needing a perioperative blood transfusion. |
Specialty: | Pediatric Orthopedics, Orthopedic Surgery, Orthopedic Trauma Surgery |
Objective: | risk factors, severity, prognosis, stage, complications, selection |
ICD-10: | M15-M19, Z51.3 |
Description: | Certain patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty procedures have a very low chance of receiving a blood transfusion in the perioperative period. These patients may not need to donate autologous blood. |
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