Liberal Versus Restrictive Transfusion During Symptomatic Moderate Anemia After Hip Arthroplasty

• Status: Terminated
• Trial end date: 2012-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of transfusion of red blood cells in treating postoperative dizziness in patients with moderate postoperative anemia after total hip arthroplasty.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Rigshospitalet, Denmark

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age > 18 and able to give consent

• Hip arthroplasty or hip revision arthroplasty

• Haemoglobin > 4.8 mmol/L and < 6.0 mmol/L on the first postoperative day

• Dizziness score ≥ 2.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Large ongoing bleeding

• Has already received RBC during the current admission

• New onset of cardiac arrhythmia suspected to be related to anemia

• Severe ischemic heart disease

• Renal failure with dialyses or oligouria / anuria.