Blood Loss During Total Hip Arthroplast

Blood Loss During Total Hip Arthroplast
  

• Walker RW, Blend JM, Rosson JR,
  Blood Loss During Primary Total Hip Arthroplalsty : Use of Preoperative Measurements to Predict the Need for Transfusion
  Ann R Coll Surg Eng 79: 438-440, 1997
   
  Blood loss during total hip arthroplasty depends on various factors, such as anesthetic technique, operative approach, procedure duration, cement use, and previous exposure to aspirin and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
   
  Blood loss in 53 patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty were examined.  In all patients calculated blood loss exceeded actual blood loss. Preoperative packed cell volume [PCV] was the most significant predictor of transfusion needs and postoperative PCV.
   
  Blood loss during total hip arthroplasty varies in different patients with the same anesthetist-surgeon team; preoperative PCV is a good predictor of transfusion needs.