Title
Rate of Transfusions Following Total Knee Arthroplasty in Patients Receiving Lovenox or High Dose Aspirin
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-1-2016
Publication Title
The Journal of Arthroplasty
Volume
31
Issue
11
First page number:
2447
Last page number:
2451
Abstract
Controversy continues regarding the use of powerful anticoagulants for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA). To comply with institution-mandated guidelines and pressure from hospitalist intent on complying with conventionally recommended anticoagulation guidelines, we singularly changed our chemoprophylaxis practice from using aspirin to Lovenox and noted that transfusion rates increased substantially.
Repository Citation
Radzak, K. N.,
Wages, J.,
Hall, K. E.,
Nakasone, C.
(2016).
Rate of Transfusions Following Total Knee Arthroplasty in Patients Receiving Lovenox or High Dose Aspirin.
The Journal of Arthroplasty, 31(11),
2447-2451.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2015.10.023