Research Article

Institutionally Adopted Perioperative Blood Management Program Significantly Decreased the Transfusion Rate of Patients Having Primary Total Hip Replacement Surgery

Table 3

Implementation ratio of the elements of the local PBM program.

2013 (n = 100)2016 (n = 108)

Preoperative LMWH (%)9016< 0.05
Tranexamic acid (i.v.) (%)1084 < 0.05
Wound drainage (%)10089 < 0.05
Postoperative HDU admission (%)539 < 0.05
Transfusion trigger < 80 g/l (%)586 < 0.05