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

Table 5

Clinical data and complications between transfused and not transfused patients in 2016. Data are shown as mean (CI 95%) and percentage of the total.

	Transfusion (n = 85)	Transfusion+ (n = 22)
Age (years)	68	73	ns
ASA III (%)	20	50	< 0.05
Length of surgery (min)	98 (93–103)	104 (84–119)	ns
Cemented THR (%)	72	84	ns
Indication: hip fracture (%)	14	27	ns
Preoperative Hgb level (g/l)	143 (140–146)	126 (129–133)	< 0.05
Tranexamic acid i.v. (%)	91	64	< 0.05
Neuraxial anesthesia (%)	86	77	ns
Postoperative hypotension/24 hours (%)	7	40	< 0.05
Postoperative oligoanuria/24 hours (%)	5	23	< 0.05
Infection rate (%)/<3 months	2	9	< 0.001

Surgical and systemic infections.