This is a large observational study of 28,087 total hip replacement (THR) procedures to assess the relationship between allogeneic transfusion and outcomes. Transfused patients (32%) had a higher mortality rate and a significantly higher risk of pneumonia compared with matched non-transfused patients. The strengths of this study include its large sample size, despite the limitations of a retrospective analysis. It seems to confirm that transfused patients have a worse prognosis.
– Elvira Bisbe
NATA: Network for the advancement of Patient Blood Manegement, Haemostasis and Thrombosis
MISSION: Providing a multidisciplinary forum for dialogue between haematologists, transfusion medicine specialists, anaesthesiologists, intensive care and emergency physicians, surgeons, perfusionists, nurses, biomedical scientists and ther heathcare professionals.
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