Institutionally Adopted Perioperative Blood Management Program Significantly Decreased the Transfusion Rate of Patients Having Primary Total Hip Replacement Surgery
Table 4
Fluid management, transfusion rate, and complications. Data are shown as mean (CI 95%) and percentage of the total.
2013 (n = 100)
2016 (n = 108)
Crystalloids administered, intraoperative (ml)
3421 (3280–3560)
2872 (2720–3030)
ns
Crystalloids administered, postoperative (ml)
1319 (1160–1480)
2113 (1940–2280)
ns
Min. Hgb. level in postoperative 24 hours (g/l)
101 (98.5–104)
104 (101–107)
ns
Transfusion ratio (%)
61
21
< 0.05
Units transfused RBC/number of transfused patients
