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Ugeskrift for laeger · Mar 2009
Comparative Study[Transfusion practice in total hip arthroplasty in Danish departments of orthopaedic surgery].
We examined the use of blood transfusion in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA) at 21 orthopaedic departments in Denmark. ⋯ Substantial differences in the use of red blood cell transfusion among THA patients were found when comparing a sample of Danish orthopaedic departments. The differences in the use of blood transfusions could apparently not be explained by a range of patient- and surgery-related factors, which suggests that the variation did not reflect differences in the patients' need for blood transfusion, but rather true differences in transfusion practice.