Annals of internal medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Clinical Trial
Erythropoietin with iron supplementation to prevent allogeneic blood transfusion in total hip joint arthroplasty. A randomized, controlled trial.
The optimum regimen of epoetin alfa for prevention of allogeneic blood transfusion is unknown. ⋯ Both modified epoetin alfa regimens were effective compared with placebo in reducing allogeneic transfusion in patients undergoing hip arthroplasty. Patients who received high-dose epoetin alfa had the lowest transfusion rate.