ArticleGeriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation2020
Postoperative Anemia Predicts Length of Stay for Geriatric Patients Undergoing Minimally Invasive Lumbar Spine Fusion Surgery.
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- Postoperative Noninvasive Hemoglobin Monitoring Is Useful to Prevent Unnoticed Postoperative Anemia and Inappropriate Blood Transfusion in Patients Undergoing Total Hip or Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionWe hypothesize that postoperative anemia will predict length of stay (LOS) for geriatric patients undergoing minimally invasive (MIS) lumbar spine fusions. MATERIALS AND
methodsPatients who underwent MIS lateral and transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion between January 2017 and March 2018 at an academic tertiary care referral center were selected. Eighty-one patients were included. The primary outcome variable was LOS, measured in days. The predictors studied were preoperative hemoglobin (Hgb), postoperative day 1 Hgb, postoperative nadir Hgb, intraoperative Hgb decrement (preoperative Hgb-postoperative day 1 Hgb), perioperative Hgb decrement (preoperative Hgb-postoperative nadir Hgb), age, American Society of Anesthesiologists-Physical Status (ASA-PS) score, volume of perioperative intravenous (IV) fluids (IVFs), and number of levels fused. Simple linear regression and analysis of variance were used for statistical analysis.
resultsIn the present study, preoperative anemia was not associated with longer LOS ( DISCUSSION: Postoperative nadir Hgb (
conclusionPostoperative anemia, perioperative decrement in Hgb, older age, greater number of levels fused, and greater total IVFs administered predict longer LOS. Understanding the impact of these factors on LOS is critical as these procedures increasingly move to the outpatient setting.
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