SAN DIEGO -- Preoperative clonidine reduced intraoperative blood loss and postoperative transfusions among patients undergoing pelvic and acetabular fracture surgery, a randomized trial showed.

According to Mirahmadi, high blood loss is a significant risk of surgeries for pelvic and acetabular fractures, which often result from trauma such as car accidents and falls from height.

To determine whether anemia at admission and perioperative allogeneic blood transfusion (ABT ... day readmission rate in surgically treated hip fracture patients, aged 65 years and older.

As the mean age of hip fracture patients is rising, anemia is common in this population. Allogeneic blood transfusion (ABT) and anemia have been pointed out as possible risk factors for poorer ...

"These findings are largely consistent with [results from the primary analysis of PREVENT CLOT] and provide further evidence of the viability of aspirin to prevent blood clots in orthopedic trauma ...