SAN DIEGO -- Preoperative clonidine reduced intraoperative blood loss and postoperative transfusions among patients undergoing pelvic and acetabular fracture surgery, a randomized trial showed ...

The 1-year risk factors for hip fracture in the model were the same as those for MOF, with the addition of femur fracture in the previous year (area under the curve 0.811 [95% CI 0.772 to 0.850]).

“Like nonarthroplasty fragility fractures, a systematic approach is needed after periprosthetic femur fractures.” Data were derived from Seward MW, et al. J Arthroplasty. 2024;doi:10.1016/j ...

Intraoperative bleeding volume was 1,088.7 cc in the clonidine group compared with 1,420.9 cc in the placebo group (P<0.001), and 6.8% of patients required blood transfusion compared with 22.7% ...