Journal article
Recent Trends in Blood Utilization After Primary Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
The Journal of arthroplasty, Vol.32(3), pp.724-727
03/2017
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2016.09.026
PMID: 27866952
Abstract
Blood conservation strategies have evolved greatly over the last 5 years. There is a paucity of large blood utilization studies of total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) that include recently performed surgery. The purpose of this study was to use a large database to evaluate trends in blood transfusion after THA and TKA, including 2015 data.
The Humana data set was reviewed from 2007 to the third quarter of 2015 for all patients undergoing primary THA and TKA. Rates and type of postoperative blood transfusion were trended through the years of the data set. Further subgroup analysis was performed to evaluate the impact of patients' age, gender, geographic location, and obesity on the incidence of blood transfusion using standard statistical techniques.
In total, 69,350 THA patients and 139,804 TKA patients were analyzed. Overall transfusion rate was 18.2% and 12.7% after TKA and THA, respectively. The most common type of blood transfused was allogeneic packed red blood cells (88% of all transfusions) followed by perioperative collected autologous blood (12% of all transfusions). There were no transfusions of preoperatively collected autologous blood. Transfusion rates decreased significantly from 21.3%-8.7% and 17.3%-4.4% for THA and TKA, respectively, over the years 2007-2015 (P < .001).
Rates of blood transfusion after primary THA and TKA have fallen precipitously since 2010 and are now down to 9% and 4% for THA and TKA, respectively. Blood management strategies instituted over the last 5 years have had a large impact on transfusion rates after joint arthroplasty.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Recent Trends in Blood Utilization After Primary Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
- Creators
- Nicholas A Bedard - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IowaAndrew J Pugely - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IowaNathan R Lux - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IowaSteve S Liu - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IowaYubo Gao - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IowaJohn J Callaghan - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Journal of arthroplasty, Vol.32(3), pp.724-727
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.arth.2016.09.026
- PMID
- 27866952
- ISSN
- 0883-5403
- eISSN
- 1532-8406
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/2017
- Academic Unit
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering; Orthopedics and Rehabilitation; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984040239002771
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