Are we all guilty of under-estimating intra-operative blood loss during hip fracture surgery?

Aim: To assess how accurately orthopaedic surgeons and anaesthesiologists estimate intraoperative blood loss during hip fracture surgery as part of the Surgical Safety Checklist (SCC). Methods: A prospective study of 55 operations over 9 months. Pre- and post-operative estimations of blood loss were...

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Published in:Journal of Orthopaedics Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 81 - 85
Main Authors: Budair, Basil, Ahmed, Usman, David, Michael, Hodson, James, Ashraf, Mujeeb, McBride, Tim
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Professor PK Surendran Memorial Education Foundation Mar2017
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