NCT00906295

Establishment of Optimal Transfusion Threshold After Major Orthopedic Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 67 (actual)
• Sponsor: Rigshospitalet, Denmark · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a higher threshold for transfusion with red blood cells improves the postoperative ambulation.

Conditions

• Anemia
• Arthroplasty
• Replacement
• Hip

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Allowed drop in hemoglobin to 4.5-5.5 mmol/L	Transfusion with red blood cells to hemoglobin between 4.5-5.5 mmol/L (Transfusion threshold of 4.5 mmol/L)
OTHER	Allowed drop in hemoglobin to level between 5.6-6.5 mmol/L	Transfusion with red blood cells to between hemoglobin 5.6-6.5 mmol/L (Transfusion threshold of 5.5 mmol/L)

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-06-01
• Primary completion: 2011-05-01
• Completion: 2011-06-01
• First posted: 2009-05-21
• Last updated: 2011-06-06

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Denmark