Preoperative Risk Factors of Dillon et al for Blood Transfusion in a Patient with a Hip Fracture
Purpose: | To determine if a patient with a hip fracture is likely to need a blood transfusion based on the study of Dillon et al. |
Specialty: | Clinical Laboratory General Surgery Anesthesiology Emergency Medicine Critical Care |
Objective: | risk factors, severity, prognosis, stage, complications |
ICD-10: | S72.0 |
Description: | Dillon et al identified preoperative risk factors associated with blood transfusion in a patient with a hip fracture. These can help determine how to allocate blood products for these patients. The authors are from Adelaide & Meath Hospital and Trinity College Dublin in Ireland. |
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