RESEARCH ARTICLE


The Impact of Blood Management on Length of Stay After Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty



Jad B Monsef, Alejandro G Della Valle, David J Mayman, Robert G Marx, Amar S Ranawat , Friedrich Boettner*
Adult Reconstruction & Joint Replacement Division, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA


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* Address correspondence to this author at the Adult Reconstruction & Joint Replacement Division, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA; Tel: 212-774-2127; Fax: 212-774-2286; E-mail: boettnerf@hss.edu


Abstract

The current study investigates the impact of patient factors, surgical factors, and blood management on postoperative length of stay (LOS) in 516 patients who underwent primary total knee arthroplasty. Age, gender, type of anticoagulation, but not body mass index (BMI) were found to be highly significant predictors of an increased LOS. Allogeneic transfusion and the number of allogeneic units significantly increased LOS, whereas donation and/or transfusion of autologous blood did not. Hemoglobin levels preoperatively until 48 hours postoperatively were negatively correlated with LOS. After adjusting for confounding factors through Poisson regression, age (p = 0.001) and allogeneic blood transfusion (p = 0.002) were the most significant determinants of LOS. Avoiding allogeneic blood plays an essential role in reducing the overall length of stay after primary total knee arthroplasty.

Keywords: Allogeneic blood, anemia, autologous blood, blood management, length of stay, total knee arthroplasty, transfusion..