Why the study?
Does controlled hypotensive anesthesia reduce intraoperative blood loss and blood requirements in pediatric hip surgery?
Population
84 pediatric hip surgery cases performed between 1980 and 1988 at the Fukuoka Municipal Children's Hospital…
Comparison
Controlled hypotensive anesthesia vs Normotensive anesthesia
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
intraoperative
Authors
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May limit transfusions in pediatric hip surgery; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized confirmation before practice change.
Does controlled hypotensive anesthesia reduce intraoperative blood loss and blood requirements in pediatric hip surgery?
Controlled hypotensive anesthesia is a safe and effective method to reduce blood loss and transfusion requirements during pediatric hip surgery.
Shiraishi et al. (1989) studied this question.
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