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Postoperative Blood Transfusion for Frail Elderly With Hip Fracture

NCT01102010 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: EARLY_PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 284

Last updated 2015-07-20

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Summary

Elderly with hip fractures are often frail and discharged from hospital after few days of hospitalisation. Hip fracture surgery is often associated with blood loss, where the patient is at risk of developing anaemia. Low haemoglobin level reduces the body's oxygen transport which causes impaired functional ability and strain on vital organs. Acute anaemia is worse tolerated in elderly, than in younger patients. Therefore this study aims to investigate whether there are effects of an expanded indication for blood transfusion in the frail elderly.

Conditions

  • Hip Fracture

Interventions

BIOLOGICAL

Blood transfusion

An expanded indication for blood transfusion in the frail elderly

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Aarhus

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-01-31
Primary Completion
2013-10-31
Completion
2014-10-31

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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