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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg
January 2025
AMR Advanced Medical Research, Männedorf, Switzerland.
Introduction: Patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA) with preoperative anemia are at higher risk for transfusion. Blood-conserving interventions can reduce perioperative transfusions. This retrospective study evaluates the efficacy and safety of a patient blood management (PBM) protocol in elective primary THA patients with preoperative anemia.
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December 2024
School of Public Health, College of Public Health, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei, Taiwan.
Objectives: Concerns about erythropoietin (EPO) therapy for anemia in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) contributing to potential bone loss and increased fracture risks are growing. This study investigated the impact of EPO administration on the risk of common osteoporotic fractures in ESRD patients.
Methods: This population-based retrospective cohort study compared EPO users and non-EPO users among ESRD patients undergoing hemodialysis, diagnosed with ESRD between 2000 and 2014 identified from the National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwan.
Orthopadie (Heidelb)
January 2025
ECOM, Praxis für Orthopädie, Sportmedizin und Unfallchirurgie, München, Deutschland.
Background: Hip and knee arthroplasty remain risk procedures for bleeding complications. The prevalence of preoperative anaemia prior to elective joint replacement is high. There are no standardized guidelines in Germany for the diagnosis and treatment of perioperative anaemia in elective hip and knee arthroplasty.
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January 2025
Eye Center, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany.
Purpose: To identify baseline clinical predictors of visual outcomes six months after acute optic neuritis using data from our completed clinical neuroprotection trial (TONE study).
Design: Secondary analysis of data from the TONE study cohort (NCT01962571).
Subjects: Total of 103 patients presenting within 10 days of a first episode of acute unilateral optic neuritis as a clinically isolated syndrome with baseline high contrast visual acuity (HCVA) < 20/40 Snellen (logMAR 0.
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