Old Blood and Postoperative Complications

Seoul National University

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Red Blood Cells; Postoperative Complications; Orthopedics

Treatments: Procedure: New red blood cells transfusion; Procedure: Old red blood cells transfusion

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02575820

B-1510/318-112

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators sought to examine the effects of 'old' red blood cells on mortality and morbidity of patients who undergoing revision hip replacement arthroplasty. The investigators hypothesis is that patients have an increased risk of mortality and infection after 'old' red blood cells transfusions compared with those who received 'new' transfusions.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients who underwent revision total hip replacement

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who were not given red blood cells
• Patients who were given two units of which one unit was old and one was new

Trial design

0 participants in 2 patient groups

RBC_old

Description:

shelf life of red blood cells of 15 or higher days

Treatment:

Procedure: Old red blood cells transfusion

RBC_new

Description:

shelf life of red blood cells 14 or lower days

Treatment:

Procedure: New red blood cells transfusion