The Effects of Recombinant Human Erythropoietin on Perioperative Transfusion Requirements in Patients Having a Major Orthopaedic Operation*

M. Faris, Philip; A. Ritter, Merrill; Abels, Robert

doi:10.2106/00004623-199601000-00009

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The Effects of Recombinant Human Erythropoietin on Perioperative Transfusion Requirements in Patients Having a Major Orthopaedic Operation*

Published in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery • Jan 1, 1996

Authors:

Philip M. Faris

Merrill A. Ritter

Robert Abels

Abstract

Two hundred patients who were scheduled for a major elective orthopaedic operation were enrolled in a prospective study and were randomly assigned to one of three treatment groups. Group 1 consisted of sixty patients who received recombinant human erythropoietin, 300 international units per kilogram...

Subject

Medicine

Erythropoietin

Hematocrit

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