Table 2 Mean (SD) of Hb levels and percentages of patients by subgroup who had anaemia, percentage reduction in Hb and significance or reduction over time and postoperative blood transfusion percentage
From: Blood management in hip fractures; are we leaving it too late? A retrospective observational study
Groups | Patients n (%) | Hb g/dL mean ± SD | Anaemia by subgroup n(%) | Reduction in Hb by subgroup (n)% | Postoperative transfusion of PRBC n (% sample) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DO (n = 261) | D1 (n = 175) | D2 (n = 51) | D0 | D1 | D2 | D0-D1 | D1-D2 | |||
All | 261 (100) | 12.3 (1.57) | 11.4a (1.68) | 11.1b (1.81) | 116 (44.8) | 88 (50.9) | 33 (69.4) | 143 (82.3) | 34 (71.4) | 75 (28.7) |
Male | 75 (28.7) | 12.5 (1.77) | 11.8a (2.02) | 11.7b (1.94) | 39 (52.0) | 33 (69.3) | 12 (75.0) | (36) 73.5 | 12 (78.6) | 18 (6.9) |
Female | 186 (71.3) | 12.2 (1.49) | 11.3a (1.52) | 10.7 (1.68) | 77 (41.9) | 85 (68.3) | 21 (66.7) | 107 (85.7) | (21) 67.9 | 58 (22.2) |
Intracapsular Fracture | 121 (46.4) | 12.7 (1.49) | 12.1a (1.55) | 11.8b (1.89) | 41 (34.7) | 41 (49.4) | 12 (48.0) | 63 (75.3) | (20) 80.0 | 15 (5.7) |
Extracapsular Fracture | 140 (53.6) | 12.0 (1.56) | 10.8a (1.53) | 10.2 (1.31) | 74 (53.2) | 77 (85.6) | 21 (92.0) | 80 (88.9) | 14 (63.6) | 61 (23.4) |
60–79 years | 78 (29.9) | 12.7 (1.59) | 12.0a (1.77) | 12.2 (1.46) | 25 (32.9) | 26 (52.9) | 5 (45.5) | 41 (80.4) | 7 (66.7) | 17 (6.5) |
≥ 80 years | 183 (70.1) | 12.1 (1.54) | 11.2a (1.59) | 10.7b (1.78) | 90 (49.7) | 91 (74.2) | 28 (76.3) | 102 (83.1) | 26 (72.7) | 59 (22.6) |