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Incidence and Reasons for Preoperative Anemia in Elective Lower Joint Arthroplasty

NCT02385409 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 900

Last updated 2015-03-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Preoperative anemia is an independent risk factor for the need for allogeneic transfusion during surgery and increased postoperative morbidity.

Treatment of preoperative anemia is recommended. However the type of preoperative anemias in elective hip- and knee surgery has only been sparsely studied.

This observational study aims to investigate the incidence and type of anemias prior to elective hip- and knee arthroplasty.

Conditions

  • Anemia
  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip
  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hvidovre University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Oeivind Jans

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Øivind Jans, M.D., Ph.D. · Rigshospitalet, Denmark

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-05-31
Primary Completion
2014-05-31
Completion
2015-05-31

Countries

  • Denmark

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